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. 1994 Dec;49(12):1251–1258. doi: 10.1136/thx.49.12.1251

Contribution of multiple inert gas elimination technique to pulmonary medicine. 5. Ventilation-perfusion relationships in acute respiratory failure.

C Mélot 1
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