Right and left chest wall asymmetries and asynchronies in unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis

B. Weingard, U. Mack, A. Aliverti, A. Lo Mauro, G. W. Sybrecht (Homburg/Saar, Germany; Milano, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Exercise intolerance: mechanism, intervention and assessment
Session: Exercise intolerance: mechanism, intervention and assessment
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 419

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