The effect of spine fusion on respiratory function in duchenne muscular dystrophy

Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 38-40

  Miller, R G ^a   Chalmers, A C ^a   Dao, H ^a   Filler Katz, A ^a   Holman, D ^a   Bost, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0026019834     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.41.1.38     Document Type: Article

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