Stiff-persons' syndrome associated with thymoma and subsequent myasthenia gravis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 493-498

  Nicholas, Anthony P ^a   Chatterjee, Anjan ^a   Arnold, Muoi M ^b   Claussen, Gwendolyn C ^a   Zorn Jr , George L ^c   Oh, Shin J ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

intravenous immunoglobulin G; Isaacs' syndrome; myasthenia gravis; stiff man syndrome; thymoma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

EID: 0030960704     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199704)20:4<493::aid-mus13>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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