Nocturnal hypoxia in ALS is related to cognitive dysfunction and can occur as clusters of desaturations.

Nocturnal hypoxia in ALS is related to cognitive dysfunction and can occur as clusters of desaturations.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that leads to progressive weakness of the respiratory and limb muscles. Consequently, most patients with ALS exhibit progressive hypoventilation, which worsens during sleep. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship betw...

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Main Authors: Su-Yeon Park, Sung-Min Kim, Jung-Joon Sung, Kyung-Min Lee, Kyung-Seok Park, Sang-Yun Kim, Hyun-woo Nam, Kwang-Woo Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3776791?pdf=render

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