Myasthenia gravis and sarcoidosis: Report of 2 Cases

European Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 326-327

  De Bleecker, Jan ^a   Van Aken, Liesbeth ^a   Van Landegem, William ^c   van den Abeele, Guy ^b   Cuvelier, Claude ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b H Family General Hospital   (Belgium)

^c Department of Otorhinolaryngology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODES; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SARCOIDOSIS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029744842     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117284     Document Type: Article

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