Congenital myasthenic syndrome with sleep hypoventilation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1129-1132

  Iannaccone, S T ^a,b   Mills, J K ^a,b   Harris, K M ^b   Herman, J H ^a   Schochet, P ^a   Luckett, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase deficiency; Congenital myasthenic syn drome; Noninvasive ventilation; Polysomnogram; Restrictive lung disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS; CASE REPORT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYASTHENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; HUMANS; HYPOVENTILATION; INFANT; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033945502     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200007)23:7<1129::AID-MUS19>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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