Myasthenia Gravis in a Patient With a First Presentation of Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
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Received: April 28, 2008 Accepted for publication: June 25, 2008 From the Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neurology, Department of Pathology Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Shou-Wu Lee Intensive Care Unit, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan 160 Sec. 3, Chung-Kang Rd., Taichung City 40705, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: (04)27592525 ext 3191 E-mail: [email protected] Introduction
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تاریخ انتشار 2009