Coexistence of primary biliary cirrhosis and myasthenia gravis: A case study

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 31, 2000, Pages 125-127

  Horigome, Hideo ^a   Nomura, Tomoyuki ^a   Saso, Katsuhisa ^a   Joh, Takashi ^a   Ohara, Hirotaka ^a   Akita, Shinji ^a   Sobue, Satoshi ^a   Mizuno, Yaichi ^a   Kato, Yukimasa ^a   Itoh, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; ENZYME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; PENICILLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033975943     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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