Myasthenia gravis: Diagnosis and follow-up of 100 consecutive patients

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 112-118

  Beekman, R ^a   Kuks, J B M ^a   Oosterhuis, H J G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delay in diagnosis diagnostic tests; Early signs; Effect of therapies; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; EDROPHONIUM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CANDIDIASIS; CATARACT; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ERUPTION; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLAUCOMA; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOON FACE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SWEATING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COHORT STUDIES; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031024819     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050059     Document Type: Article

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