Seven amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients diagnosed only after development of respiratory failure

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1341-1343

  Sato, Kota ^a   Morimoto, Nobutoshi ^a   Deguchi, Kentaro ^a   Ikeda, Yoshio ^a   Matsuura, Tohru ^a   Abe, Koji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALS; Emergency medicine; Intubation; Neurodegenerative disorder; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; COMPLICATION; INTUBATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; TIME;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904259191     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.11.021     Document Type: Article

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