Mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1331-1333

  Pittock, S J ^a   Weinshenker, B G ^a   Wijdicks, E F M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TRACHEOSTOMY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 4344710394     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.024257     Document Type: Review

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