The clinical limits of myasthenia gravis and differential diagnosis

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4 SUPPL. 5, 1997, Pages

  Lisak, Robert P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0030899101     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.48.suppl_5.36s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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