Anesthetic and surgical complications in 219 cases of myotonic dystrophy

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1646-1650

  Mathieu, Jean ^a   Allard, P ^c   Gobeil, G ^a   Girard, M ^b   De Braekeleer, M ^c   Begin P ^a  

^a Neuromuscular Clinic   (Canada)

^b Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0031457423     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.6.1646     Document Type: Article

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