X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy with myasthenic symptoms

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-185

  Yamada, Masahito ^a   Inaba, Akira ^a   Shiojiri, Toshiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fatigability; Kennedy Alter Sung (KAS) syndrome; myasthenia; neuromuscular transmission; X linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYASTHENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE DISORDER;

HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031055454     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00303-6     Document Type: Article

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