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Investigation into Deep Breathing through Measurement of Ventilatory Parameters and Observation of Breathing Patterns
Published on: September 16, 2019
Postural lung volume reduction, expiratory flow limitation, and orthopnoea in diaphragmatic weakness: Preliminary
S Redolfi1, C Straus2, V Ninane3
1AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier APHP-Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service des Pathologies du Sommeil (Département R3S), F-75013 Paris, France; Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Cagliari, 09134 Cagliari, Italy.
No abstract available in PubMed .
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