An ice test for the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1282-1286

  Golnik, Karl C ^a,b   Pena, Raul ^b   Lee, Andrew G ^c,d   Eggenberger, Eric R ^e  

^a CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PALPEBRAL FISSURE ANOMALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTOSIS;

EID: 0033511147     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00709-5     Document Type: Article

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