Decremental response of the nasalis and hypothenar muscles in myasthenia gravis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 236-238

  Niks, Erik H ^a   Badrising, Umesh A ^a   Verschuuren, Jan J ^a   Van Dijk, J Gert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Nasalis muscle; Neuoromuscular transmission defect; Neuromuscular junction; Repetitive nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHENAR MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NOSE MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0043269851     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10411     Document Type: Article

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