Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis: inspiratory muscles, breathlessness and exercise capacity

Mayra Caleffi Pereira, Letícia Z. Cardenas, Jeferson G. Ferreira, Vinícius C. Iamonti, Pauliane Vieira Santana, André Apanavicius, Pedro Caruso, Angelo Fernandez, Carlos R.R. de Carvalho, Daniel Langer, André L.P. de Albuquerque

Source: ERJ Open Res, 7 (1) 00357-2019; 10.1183/23120541.00357-2019
Journal Issue: January

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