Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-56

  Stafford, Irene P ^a   Dildy, Gary A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HLTH SCI C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROPROCAINE; CHLOROQUINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; ETHER; GENTAMICIN; HALOTHANE; HYDRALAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIDOCAINE; LINCOMYCIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PHENOBARBITAL; POLYMYXIN B; PREDNISONE; QUININE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BLOOD TOXICITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENICITY; THYMECTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 14844367022     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.grf.0000153206.85996.07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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