Myasthenia gravis and muscular dystrophies

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 248-253

  Alley, Christopher T ^a,b   Dierdorf, Stephen F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL GENETICS; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030832470     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199706000-00019     Document Type: Review

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