Indicators of need for mechanical ventilation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy

Chest

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 779-785

  Lyager, S ^a   Steffensen, B ^a   Juhl, B ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

disability score; home care mechanical ventilation; lung function; neuromuscular disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0029162659     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.108.3.779     Document Type: Article

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