Importance of physical rehabilitation before and after cardiac transplantation in a patient with myotonic dystrophy: A case report

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 724-726

  Conraads, Viviane M ^a   Beckers, Paul J ^a   Vorlat, Anne ^a   Vrints, Christiaan J ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Case report; Heart transplantation; Myotonic dystrophy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; NARCOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TRAINING;

EID: 0036260992     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.29619     Document Type: Article

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