A case of ophthalmoplegic migraine mimicking ocular myasthenia gravis

European Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 215-217

  Huang, Tzu Hsuan ^a   Hsu, Wei Chih ^a   Yeh, Jiann Horng ^a   Chiu, Hou Chang ^a   Chen, Wei Hung ^a  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STEROID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; BLOOD; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE;

CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 24944522065     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086734     Document Type: Article

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