Site and nature of airway obstruction in chronic obstructive lung disease.

Abstract We have wedged a small catheter in airways 2 to 3 mm in diameter in excised human lungs to have measure airway resistance central (Rc) and peripheral (Rp) to this site. In five normal lung...

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