Pericarditis in Myasthenia Gravis

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 134-137

  Vats, Hemender S ^a   Richardson, Steven K ^a   Pulukurthy, Satyavardhan ^a   Olshansky, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; ESOMEPRAZOLE; HUMAN INSULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LISINOPRIL; PIOGLITAZONE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942437361     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000117762.62596.8d     Document Type: Article

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