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. 1970 Oct;172(4):755–773. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197010000-00020

Central hypoventilation; long-term ventilatory assistance by radiofrequency electrophrenic respiration.

W W Glenn, W G Holcomb, J B Gee, R Rath

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