A prospective study of preferences and actual treatment choices in ALS

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 278-283

  Albert, Steven M ^a   Murphy, P L ^b   Del Bene, M L ^b   Rowland, L P ^b  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033595270     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.2.278     Document Type: Article

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