Insidious phrenic nerve involvement in postpolio syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 563-564

  Imai, Tomihiro ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic action potential; Phrenic nerve conduction; Phrenic nerve palsy; Postpolio syndrome; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME;

EID: 33646809390     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1657     Document Type: Article

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