Acquired myasthenia gravis

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 577-595

  Massey, J M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030791071     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(05)70335-2     Document Type: Article

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