we conclude that in emphysema-free lungs the slope of phase iii is better correlated with the overall elastic properties of the lungs than with bronchiolar inflammation , and we speculate that increases in k , implying a greater overall curvature of the pv relationship , reflect increasing inhomogeneity of elastic properties within a lung , rather than a uniform change affecting individual lung units equally .
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