Acute inspiratory stridor: A presentation of myasthenia gravis

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1114-1115

  Matin, Mohammad Abdul ^a   Alam, Khurshid ^a   O'Driscoll, Kieran ^a   Murphy, P J ^a  

^a Tullamore General Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Respiratory sounds; Vocal fold

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; STRIDOR; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0033376609     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215100158050     Document Type: Article

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