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MeSH Heading: Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity
Tree Number(s): E01.370.386.700.650.650; G09.772.600
Unique ID: D011653
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011653
Scope Note: The amount of a gas taken up, by the pulmonary capillary blood from the alveolar gas, per minute per unit of average pressure of the gradient of the gas across the BLOOD-AIR BARRIER.
Entry Version: PULM DIFFUSING CAPAC
Entry Term(s): Capacity, Pulmonary Diffusing; Diffusing Capacity, Pulmonary
Previous Indexing: Diffusion (1968-1970); Respiration (1966-1970); Respiratory Function Tests (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(71)
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

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