Distal myasthenia gravis - Frequency and clinical course in a large prospective series

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-211

  Werner, Philipp ^a   Kiechl, S ^a   Loscher W ^a   Poewe, W ^a   Willeit, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distal weakness; Neuromuscular disease; Rnyasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041425161     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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