A 71-year-old man with progressive shortness of breath and orthopnea

Respiratory Care

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1491-1492

  Aboussouan, Loutfi S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS;

EID: 0033378308     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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