Commentaries on viewpoint: use of mean airspace chord length to assess emphysema. Pattern of parenchymal destruction determines lung function decline

J Appl Physiol (1985). 2008 Dec;105(6):1984; author reply 1986-7. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.vpcomm.zdg-8294.2008.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Disease Progression
  • Elasticity
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Lung / physiopathology
  • Lung Volume Measurements
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / physiopathology