Respiratory failure due to bilateral diaphragm palsy as an early manifestation of ALS

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Czapliński, Adam ^a   Strobel, Werner ^a   Gobbi, Claudio ^a   Steck, Andreas J ^a   Fuhr, Peter ^a   Leppert, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Diaphragm palsy; Motor neuron disease; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038509858     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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