Brain stem lesion mimicking myasthenia gravis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-248

  Akkaya, Ömer F ^a   Şahin, Hüseyin A ^a   Şenel, Alparslan ^a   Ertaş, Betül ^a   Kinay, Koray ^a   Onar, Musa K ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

False positive decrement; Myasthenia gravis; Repetitive stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17044401293     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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