Myasthenia gravis: A higher than expected incidence in the elderly

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1024-1026

  Aragones J M ^a,d   Bolibar I ^b   Bonfill, X ^b   Bufill, E ^a   Mummany, A ^c   Alonso, F ^a   Illa, I ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE VIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c Unitat Endocrinologia Ginecologica   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0037465826     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000050461.05432.C5     Document Type: Article

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