Effective nasal CPAP therapy for heavy snoring and paradoxical respiration during sleep in a case of multiple system atrophy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1059-1063

  Miyamoto, Masayuki ^a   Miyamoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Katayama, Soichi ^b   Hirata, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b S Tohoku Res Inst for Neurosci   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple system atrophy; Nasal CPAP therapy; Quality of life; Sleep related breathing disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SLEEP; SNORING;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032418948     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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