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Original Article

Pressure ulcers in ALS patients on admission at a university hospital in Japan

Tomoyo Hayashi Medical Care Networking Center,
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Yugo Narita Medical Care Networking Center,; Department of Neurology,Correspondence[email protected]
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Naoko Okugawa Department of Nursing, Neurology Ward, Mie University Hospital, Mie, , Japan
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Eiko Hamaguchi Department of Nursing, Neurology Ward, Mie University Hospital, Mie, , Japan
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Masako Shibahara Department of Nursing, Neurology Ward, Mie University Hospital, Mie, , Japan
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Shigeki Kuzuhara Department of Neurology,
Pages 310-313 | Received 19 Apr 2007, Accepted 18 Jun 2007, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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