Myasthenia gravis associated with reduced masticatory function

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 381-383

  Sasakura, Yuuichi ^a   Kumasaka, Sumio ^a   Takahashi, Tatsuya ^b   Shindo, Junichi ^a  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti acetylcholine receptor antibody; Bite force; Masticatory dysfunction; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THYMECTOMY;

ADULT; BITE FORCE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDNISOLONE; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0034302830     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0901-5027(00)80058-2     Document Type: Article

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