MuSK-antibody positive myasthenia gravis: Clinical and electrodiagnostic patterns

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2065-2068

  Stickler, D E ^a   Massey, J M ^a   Sanders, D B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnostic testing; MuSK; Myasthenia gravis; Single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MUSCLE SPECIFIC RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK; NERVOUSNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 24344436376     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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