Counterpoint: Should Phrenic Nerve Stimulation Be the Treatment of Choice for Spinal Cord Injury? No

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1203-1206

  Gay, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; NOTE; PHRENIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; PHRENIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84883111746     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-0219     Document Type: Editorial

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