Multiple breath washout in bronchiectasis clinical trials: is it feasible?

Katherine O'Neill, Kathryn Ferguson, Denis Cosgrove, Michael M. Tunney, Anthony De Soyza, Mary Carroll, James D. Chalmers, Timothy Gatheral, Adam T. Hill, John R. Hurst, Christopher Johnson, Michael R. Loebinger, Gerhild Angyalosi, Charles S. Haworth, Renee Jensen, Felix Ratjen, Clare Saunders, Christopher Short, Jane C. Davies, J. Stuart Elborn, Judy M. Bradley

Source: ERJ Open Res, 6 (4) 00363-2019; 10.1183/23120541.00363-2019
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases

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Katherine O'Neill, Kathryn Ferguson, Denis Cosgrove, Michael M. Tunney, Anthony De Soyza, Mary Carroll, James D. Chalmers, Timothy Gatheral, Adam T. Hill, John R. Hurst, Christopher Johnson, Michael R. Loebinger, Gerhild Angyalosi, Charles S. Haworth, Renee Jensen, Felix Ratjen, Clare Saunders, Christopher Short, Jane C. Davies, J. Stuart Elborn, Judy M. Bradley. Multiple breath washout in bronchiectasis clinical trials: is it feasible?. ERJ Open Res, 6 (4) 00363-2019; 10.1183/23120541.00363-2019

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