MG and LEMS overlap syndrome: Case report with electrophysiological and immunological evidence

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1167-1171

  Oh, Shin J ^a,b   Sher, Emanuele ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome; LEMS; MG; Myasthenia gravis; Overlap myasthenic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EDROPHONIUM; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

EID: 17044399343     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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