Usefulness of polysomnography at an early stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-300

  Sugie, Miho ^a   Ando, Noriaki ^a   Ueno, Satoshi ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization Nara Medical Center   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Polysomnography; Respiratory failure; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 33744949458     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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