Dyspnea as the predominant manifestation of bilateral phrenic neuropathy

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1563-1565

  Kumar, Neeraj ^a   Folger, W Neath ^a   Bolton, Charles F ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARM; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIMB PAIN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; PARADOXICAL RESPIRATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PROGNOSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 9644265277     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.12.1563     Document Type: Article

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