Comparison of a new desktop spirometer with a laboratory spirometer in patients with normal and pathological lung functions

F. Swart, J. C. Heydenreich, M. M. Schuurmans, C. H. Pieper, C. T. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa)

Source: Annual Congress 2001 - Respiratory measurements (from FEV1 to respiratory resistance)
Session: Respiratory measurements (from FEV1 to respiratory resistance)
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1428

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