Stimulated single-fiber EMG of the frontalis and orbicularis oculi muscles in ocular myasthenia gravis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-503

  Valls Canals, J ^a,b   Povedano, M ^a,b   Montero, J ^a   Pradas, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b Hospital Sant Pere Claver   (Spain)

Author keywords

Frontalis muscle; Jitter; Ocular myasthenia; Orbicularis oculi muscle; Stimulated SFEMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTALIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 0141480889     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10426     Document Type: Article

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