Anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis presenting with purely ocular findings

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1002-1003

  Caress, James B ^a   Hunt, Christopher H ^b   Batish, Sat Dev ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Winston Neurology   (United States)

^c ATHENA DIAGNOSTICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSK PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SIDE EFFECT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; PTOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 20844462365     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.6.1002     Document Type: Article

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