Gas exchange in health, lung disease and elite athletes: Diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide in children at rest and with exercise

N. Fitzgerald, B. Kennedy, D. Fitzgerald, H. Selvadurai (Sydney, Australia)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –New perspectives of lung function assessment in children
Session: New perspectives of lung function assessment in children
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1486
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases

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N. Fitzgerald, B. Kennedy, D. Fitzgerald, H. Selvadurai (Sydney, Australia). Gas exchange in health, lung disease and elite athletes: Diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide in children at rest and with exercise. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 1486

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