Disturbance of respiratory muscle control in a patient with early-stage multiple sclerosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1454-1456

  Farhat, Maha R ^a   Loring, Stephen H ^b   Riskind, Peter ^c   Weinhouse, Gerald ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPNEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; VITAL CAPACITY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 84878781939     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00172312     Document Type: Letter

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