1. 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)
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2. 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.
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