Upper airway dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Georgios Kaltsakas (Halandri-Athens, Greece), Georgios Kaltsakas, Michael Rentzos, Theodoros Alexakis, Vassiliki Zouvelou, Anastasios F. Palamidas, Sofia Antiopi Gennimata, Sophia Xirou, Ioannis Evdokimidis, Nickolaos G. Koulouris

Source: International Congress 2015 – Clinical physiology: from airways, lung and respiratory muscles to dyspnoea in health and disease
Disease area: Airway diseases

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