Myasthenia gravis mimicking stroke in elderly patients

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1077-1078

  Kleiner Fisman, Galit ^a   Stephen Kott, H ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STROKE;

EID: 0031763240     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/73.11.1077     Document Type: Article

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