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. 1961 Sep;40(9):1775–1784. doi: 10.1172/JCI104401

PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY: A COMPARISON OF BREATH-HOLDING AND STEADY STATE METHODS USING CARBON MONOXIDE

G H Apthorp 1,*, R Marshall 1,†
PMCID: PMC290872  PMID: 13683927

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