The slow channel syndrome: Two new cases

Brain

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 1061-1079

  Oosterhuis, H J G H ^a   Newsom davis, J ^b,f   Wokke, J H J ^c   Molenaar, P C ^d   Weerden, T V ^a   Oen, B S ^d   Jennekens, F G I ^c   Veldman, H ^c   Vincent, A ^b   Wray, D W ^e   Prior, C ^e   Murray, N M F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e National Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYASTHENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; BUNGAROTOXINS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0023192223     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/110.4.1061     Document Type: Article

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