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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103985

THE MEASUREMENT OF PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY FOR CARBON MONOXIDE BY A REBREATHING METHOD

Benjamin M. Lewis, Tai-Hon Lin, Frances E. Noe, Ernest J. Hayford-Welsing, and Erma Flaherty

Pulmonary Function Laboratories, Departments of Medicine, Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, Mich.

City of Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Mich.

‡

This work was performed while a Fellow of the Rands Foundation.

§

Research Fellow of the Michigan Heart Association.

*

This work was presented, in part, before the spring meeting of the American Physiological Society in Philadelphia, April 18, 1958, and before the annual meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research in Atlantic City, May 4, 1958.

†

This work was supported by grants from the Receiving Hospital Research Corporation, the National Heart Institute (Grant H-2379) and the Michigan Heart Association.

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Pulmonary Function Laboratories, Departments of Medicine, Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, Mich.

City of Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Mich.

‡

This work was performed while a Fellow of the Rands Foundation.

§

Research Fellow of the Michigan Heart Association.

*

This work was presented, in part, before the spring meeting of the American Physiological Society in Philadelphia, April 18, 1958, and before the annual meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research in Atlantic City, May 4, 1958.

†

This work was supported by grants from the Receiving Hospital Research Corporation, the National Heart Institute (Grant H-2379) and the Michigan Heart Association.

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Pulmonary Function Laboratories, Departments of Medicine, Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, Mich.

City of Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Mich.

‡

This work was performed while a Fellow of the Rands Foundation.

§

Research Fellow of the Michigan Heart Association.

*

This work was presented, in part, before the spring meeting of the American Physiological Society in Philadelphia, April 18, 1958, and before the annual meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research in Atlantic City, May 4, 1958.

†

This work was supported by grants from the Receiving Hospital Research Corporation, the National Heart Institute (Grant H-2379) and the Michigan Heart Association.

Find articles by Noe, F. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Pulmonary Function Laboratories, Departments of Medicine, Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, Mich.

City of Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Mich.

‡

This work was performed while a Fellow of the Rands Foundation.

§

Research Fellow of the Michigan Heart Association.

*

This work was presented, in part, before the spring meeting of the American Physiological Society in Philadelphia, April 18, 1958, and before the annual meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research in Atlantic City, May 4, 1958.

†

This work was supported by grants from the Receiving Hospital Research Corporation, the National Heart Institute (Grant H-2379) and the Michigan Heart Association.

Find articles by Hayford-Welsing, E. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Pulmonary Function Laboratories, Departments of Medicine, Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, Mich.

City of Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Mich.

‡

This work was performed while a Fellow of the Rands Foundation.

§

Research Fellow of the Michigan Heart Association.

*

This work was presented, in part, before the spring meeting of the American Physiological Society in Philadelphia, April 18, 1958, and before the annual meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research in Atlantic City, May 4, 1958.

†

This work was supported by grants from the Receiving Hospital Research Corporation, the National Heart Institute (Grant H-2379) and the Michigan Heart Association.

Find articles by Flaherty, E. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published November 1, 1959 - More info

Published in Volume 38, Issue 11 on November 1, 1959
J Clin Invest. 1959;38(11):2073–2086. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103985.
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