Epidemiologic evidence for a changing natural history of myasthenia gravis

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1233-1238

  Phillips II, Lawrence H ^a   Torner, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029904769     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.5.1233     Document Type: Article

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