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Unity of costal and crural diaphragmatic activity in respiration

M J Pollard, D Megirian, J H Sherrey

    Experimental Neurology
    |October 1, 1985
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    respiratory muscle coordinationREM apneadiaphragm functioncricothyroid muscle role

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