The recognition that both human and murine retroviruses can cause motor neurone diseaselike syndromes has raised the possibility that a retrovirus may be involved in the aetiology of motor neurone disease. This possibility was explored by looking for evidence of reverse transcriptase in the serum of
Management of hypoventilation in motor neuron disease presenting with respiratory insufficiency
โ Scribed by Dr Edward D. Sivak; Erich W. Streib
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 362 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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