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BACKGROUND: Separating out the effects of cancer and treatment between central and peripheral components of the O2 delivery chain should be of interest to clinicians for longitudinal evaluation of potential functional impairment in order to set appropriate individually tailored training/rehabilitati...

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Main Authors: Francesca Lanfranconi, Luca Pollastri, Alessandra Ferri, Donatella Fraschini, Giuseppe Masera, Giuseppe Miserocchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4067277?pdf=render