Concomitant dermatomyositis and myasthenia gravis presenting with respiratory insufficiency

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 293-296

  Van De Warrenburg, Bart P C ^a   Hengstman, Gerald J D ^a   Vos, Pieter E ^a   Boerman, Rudolph H ^b   Ter Laak, Henk J ^a   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Dermatomyostitis; Hepatitis; Myastnenia gravis; Myositis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK MUSCLES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036158862     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10022     Document Type: Article

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