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. 1965 Mar;44(3):349–355. doi: 10.1172/JCI105148

Maximal Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide*

Robert L Johnson Jr 1,†, Harold F Taylor 1,‡, W Harold Lawson Jr 1,§
PMCID: PMC292485  PMID: 14271295

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