Edrophonium-induced macrosaccadic oscillations in myasthenia gravis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 522-525

  Komiyama, Atsushi ^a,c   Toda, Hiroyuki ^b   Johkura, Ken ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hiratsuka Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMODULATION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032951666     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199904)45:4<522::AID-ANA16>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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