Heat-sensitive myotonia in proximal myotonic myopathy

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 956-962

  Sander, Howard W ^a   Tavoulareas, George P ^a   Chokroverty, Sudhansu ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM; MEXILETINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GENETIC DISORDER; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; PAIN; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0029804621     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.4.956     Document Type: Article

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