Home mechanical-ventilation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients is not always a problem [6]

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 924-

  Servera, E ^a   Gomez Merino, E ^a   Perez, D ^a   Marin, J ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; NOSE BREATHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0034019252     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.3.924     Document Type: Letter

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