Effect of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation on survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 450-453

  Aboussouan, Loutfi Sami ^a   Khan, Saeed U ^b   Meeker, David P ^c   Stelmach, Kay ^b   Mitsumoto, Hiroshi ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0030770780     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-6-199709150-00006     Document Type: Article

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