A nationwide survey of ALS patients on trachoestomy positive pressure ventilation (TPPV) who developed a totally locked-in state (TLS) in Japan

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 476-480

  Kawata, Akihiro ^a   Mizoguchi, Kouichi ^b   Hayashi, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Paralysis of the respiratory muscles; Totally locked in state; TPPV; Voluntary motor systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 51149109855     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.476     Document Type: Article

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