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Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capability Test

Known as: Diffusion Capacity of Lung for CO, PFT/DLCO, Transfer Factor of Lung for CO 
A measurement of carbon monoxide (CO) transfer from inspired gas to pulmonary capillary blood. During the test, the subject inspires a gas containing… 
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The course of long-term toxicity in patients treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy for non-seminomatous germ-cell cancer.
BACKGROUND The prognosis of advanced testicular cancer has improved considerably after the introduction of cisplatin-based… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Expiratory CT in cigarette smokers: correlation between areas of decreased lung attenuation, pulmonary function tests and smoking history
Abstract. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between cigarette-smoke-related bronchial disease and air… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Elafin/elastase-specific inhibitor in bronchoalveolar lavage of normal subjects and farmer's lung.
Secretory leukocyte proteinase inhibitor (SLPI) and alpha1-proteinase inhibitor (alpha1(PI)) cannot fully explain the total… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Is radiation treatment volume a predictor for acute or late effect on pulmonary function? A prospective study of patients treated with breast‐conserving surgery and postoperative irradiation
Background. When tangential radiation beams are used in patients with breast cancer after breast‐conserving surgery, the amount… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Lack of late toxicity in patients treated with cisplatin-containing combination chemotherapy for metastatic testicular cancer.
To date, the prevalence and nature of the late toxicity of cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy for advanced testicular… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke and lung function in young adults.
The relationship between lung function and environmental exposure to tobacco smoke (passive smoking) was studied in 293… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Standardization of spirometry and single breath DLCO tests.
Standards for patient care and especially for pulmonary function testing have become important world wide, especially in the… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Single-breath diffusing capacity and lung volumes in small laboratory mammals.
We measured the single-breath diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO), total lung capacity (TLC), functional residual… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Smoking and pulmonary diffusing capacity.
The pulmonary diffusing capacity (DLCO SB) and its two components, the capillary blood volume (Vc) and the diffusing capacity of… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The effects of body position, ganglionic blockade and norepinephrine on the pulmonary capillary bed.
Roughton and Forster (1) have demonstrated that the volume of blood in the pulmonary capillaries (V,) and the true diffusing… 
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