Single fibre electromyography in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis;Electromiografia de fibra unica en el diagnostico de la miastenia gravis

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 609-613

  Gomez Fernandez L ^a  

^a Cen tro International de Restauracion Neurológica   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Repetitive nerve stimulation test; Sensitiveness; Single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034174135     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3007.99564     Document Type: Article

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