Indicators for ventilator use in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
β Scribed by Satoshi Hamada; Yuka Ishikawa; Tomoyuki Aoyagi; Yukitoshi Ishikawa; Ryoji Minami; John Robert Bach
- Book ID
- 116872946
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0954-6111
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