Pulmonary function in multiple sclerosis without any respiratory complaints

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-246

  Altintas, Ayse ^a   Demir, Tuncalp ^a   Ikitimur, Hande Demirel ^a   Yildirim, Nurhayat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Multiple sclerosis; Pulmonary function tests; Respiratory muscle function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MOUTH OCCLUSION PRESSURE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RELAPSE; SMOKING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33847068733     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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