Finally More Direct Evidence That Impulse Oscillometry Measures Small Airway Disease
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Finally More Direct Evidence That Impulse Oscillometry Measures Small Airway Disease
Comment on
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Lung Computational Models and the Role of the Small Airways in Asthma.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Oct 15;200(8):982-991. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201812-2322OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019. PMID: 31106566 Free PMC article.
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