Non-invasive ventilation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-292

  Servera, Emilio ^a   Sancho, Jesús ^a   Bourke, Stephen C ^b   Tomlinson, Mark ^b   Williams, Timothy L ^b   Bullock, Robert E ^b   Shaw, Pamela J ^b   Gibson, G John ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 33644967928     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70390-8     Document Type: Letter

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