NIPPV: A treatment for ALS whose time has come

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 736-737

  Heiman Patterson, Terry D ^a,c   Miller, Robert G ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MS 423 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BULBAR PARALYSIS; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33748679172     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000238978.69141.57     Document Type: Editorial

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