Ventilator dependency in ALS: Management, disease progression, and issues of coping

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-199

  Bromberg, Mark B ^a   Forshew, Dallas A ^a   Iaderosa, Sandra ^b   McDonald, Evelyn R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Department of Research and Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Artificial ventilation; Disease progression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007906308     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596839601000306     Document Type: Article

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