Respiratory physiotherapy in Lady Windermere syndrome: The missing link?

Arch Bronconeumol

Servicio de Neumología, Hospital del Mar-Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital del Mar (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Servicio de Neumología-Debilidad muscular y caquexia en las enfermedades respiratorias crónicas y el cáncer de pulmón, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut (CEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Parc de Recerca Biomédica de Barcelona (PRBB), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain.

Published: October 2020

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