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Early and rapidly progressing respiratory failure in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: when FVC% is misleading

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The authors would like to thank Dr. G.Cangemi for his work in preparing this letter.

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  1. Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Ugo La Malfa, 153, 90146, Palermo, Italy

    Grazia Crescimanno & Oreste Marrone

  2. Centro regionale di riferimento perla prevenzione ed il trattamento delle malattie neuromuscolari genetiche rare, Ospedale Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy

    Grazia Crescimanno

  3. Dipartimento di Neurologia, Ospedale Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy

    Marcello Romano

  4. IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Palermo, Italy

    Rossella Spataro

  5. Centro di ricerca clinica sulla sclerosi laterale amiotrofica e Laboratorio di neurochimica, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Vincenzo La Bella

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Crescimanno, G., Romano, M., Spataro, R. et al. Early and rapidly progressing respiratory failure in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: when FVC% is misleading. Neurol Sci 40, 421–422 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3590-0

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