The validity of shortened multiple-breath washout testing using sulfur hexafluoride in the assessment of patients with COPD

Enya Daynes, Neil Greening, John Owers-Bradley, Sally J. Singh, Salman Siddiqui

Source: ERJ Open Res, 7 (3) 00379-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00379-2020
Journal Issue: July
Disease area: Airway diseases

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