Standards of measurements in myasthenia gravis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 998, Issue , 2003, Pages 432-439

  Barohn, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Myasthenia gravis (MG); Recommendations

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0141727655     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1254.056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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