Duchenne muscular dystrophy: survival by cardio-respiratory interventions

Ishikawa Y, Miura T, Ishikawa Y, et al. Duchenne muscular dystrophy: survival by cardio-respiratory interventions. Neuromuscular disorders : NMD 2011;21:47-51   Abstract We describe survival in Duchenne dystrophy by invasive and noninvasive ventilation vs. untreated. Patients were untreated prior to 1984 (Group 1), underwent tracheotomy from 1984 until 1991 (Group 2), and were managed by […]