Clinical characteristics and prognosis of myasthenia gravis in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1442-1448

  Evoli, Amelia ^a   Batocchi, Anna Paola ^a   Minisci, Cristiana ^a   Di Schino, Chiara ^a   Tonali, Pietro ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Corticosteroids; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REMISSION; SEX RATIO; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033777690     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb02635.x     Document Type: Article

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