The ice test versus the rest test in myasthenia gravis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1995-1998

  Kubis, Kenneth C ^a   Danesh Meyer, Helen V ^a,b   Savino, Peter J ^a   Sergott, Robert C ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICE TEST; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTOSIS; REST TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED REST; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; ICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033757656     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(00)00458-9     Document Type: Article

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