Autoimmune encephalopathy after treatment of thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis

British Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 406-407

  Maher D ^a,c   Fritz, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Global TB Programme   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM; NEOSTIGMINE; PENICILLIN G; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030462651     PISSN: 00070947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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