1. Effects of Noninvasive Ventilation on Survival in Patients With Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy 
Fumihiko Yasuma, MD, Motoko Sakai, MD, Yukihiko Matsuoka, MD 
CHEST 
Volume 109, Issue 2, (February 1996)
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2. FIGURE 1
Relationship between the rate (S: vertical axis) and the days (D: horizontal axis) of survival in the Nontreated group (n=65), CR group (n=7) and IPPV group (n=27). The intercepts on the horizontal axis in the Nontreated group and CR group were and years respectively. Among the eight dead patients in IPPV group, the longest survival was years.
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