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Respiratory function of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and caregiver distress level: a correlational study

BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorder with no curative treatment characterized by degeneration of motor neurons involving a progressive impairment of motor and respiratory functions. Most patients die of ventilator respiratory failure. Caregivers...

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Autores principales: Pagnini, Francesco, Banfi, Paolo, Lunetta, Christian, Rossi, Gabriella, Castelnuovo, Gianluca, Marconi, Anna, Fossati, Federica, Corbo, Massimo, Molinari, Enrico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3472192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22721255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0759-6-14