An autosomal-recessive congenital myasthenic syndrome with tubular aggregates in a Libyan family

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-119

  Sieb, Jörn P ^a,b   Tolksdorf, Karen ^a   Dengler, Reinhard ^b   Jerusalem, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Endplate; Fatiguability; Neuromuscular transmission; Pyridostigmine; Slow channel syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

EID: 0029914931     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8966(95)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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