Changes of the phrenic nerve motor response in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Longitudinal study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2082-2085

  Pinto, Susana ^a   Geraldes, Ruth ^b   Vaz, Nuno ^a   Pinto, Anabela ^a,b   de Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ALS FRS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Phrenic nerve motor response; Respiratory function tests; Ulnar nerve motor responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOVENTILATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHRENIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 70449726493     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.08.025     Document Type: Article

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