A new lease on life for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Japan Fumihiko Yasuma, MD, Masaaki Konagaya, MD, Motoko Sakai, MD, Satoshi Kuru,

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A new lease on life for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Japan Fumihiko Yasuma, MD, Masaaki Konagaya, MD, Motoko Sakai, MD, Satoshi Kuru, MD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 117, Issue 5, (September 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.03.028 Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The Kaplan-Meier survival curves of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who were treated with IPPV (n = 56, IPPV [+], solid line) and without IPPV (n = 85, IPPV [–], dotted line). IPPV = intermittent positive pressure ventilation. The American Journal of Medicine 2004 117, DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.03.028) Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions