Cardiac and respiratory involvement in advanced stage duchenne muscular dystrophy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 367-376

  Melacini, P ^a   Vianello, A ^a   Villanova, C ^a   Fanin, M ^a   Miorin, M ^a   Angelini, C ^a   Dalla Volta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced stage Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Heart; Sleep hypoxemia

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030273734     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8966(96)00357-4     Document Type: Article

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