Familial limb-girdle myasthenia with tubular aggregates

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 599-603

  Furui, Eisuke ^a,b   Fukushima, Koji ^a   Sakashita, Toshio ^a   Sakato, Shunichi ^a   Matsubara, Shiro ^a   Takamori, Masaharu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b National Saigata Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; congenital myasthenic syndromes; familial limb girdle myasthenia; tubular aggregates

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYASTHENIA; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION;

EID: 0030978563     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199705)20:5<599::AID-MUS9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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