Rippling muscles and myasthenia gravis with rippling muscles

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-199

  Ansevin, Carl F ^a,c   Agamanolis, Dimitris P ^b  

^a ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CREATINE KINASE; EDROPHONIUM; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

EID: 0030063739     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550020113023     Document Type: Article

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