Management of Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-135

  Ishihara, Tadayuki ^a  

^a Hakone National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1842527492     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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