Epidemiology of myasthenia gravis: A population-based study in Stockholm, Sweden

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 221-225

  Kalb, Birgitta ^a   Matell, G ^b   Pirskanen, R ^b   Lambe, M ^c  

^a Neurological Division   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Myasthenia gravis; Prevalence; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; THYMECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036036646     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065639     Document Type: Article

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