Immunosuppressive treatment of rippling muscles in patients with myasthenia gravis

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 604-607

  Muller Felber W ^a   Ansevin, C F ^b   Ricker, K ^c   Muller Jenssen A ^d   Topfer M ^a   Goebel, H H ^e   Pongratz, D E ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital Hamburg Altona   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Myasthenia gravis; Rippling

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0344286729     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(99)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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