Motor neuron disease presenting as acute respiratory failure: Electrophysiological studies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 517-519

  Chen, Robert ^a   Grand'Maison, François ^b   Brown, John D ^a   Bolton, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; diaphragm; electrophysiology; motor neuron disease; respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 0030959496     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199704)20:4<517::AID-MUS20>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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