Nonresponsiveness to anticholinesterase agents in patients with MuSK-antibody-positive MG

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1508-1509

  Hatanaka, Y ^a   Hemmi, S ^a   Morgan, M B ^a   Scheufele, M L ^b   Claussen, G C ^a   Wolfe, G I ^b   Oh, Shin J ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; EDROPHONIUM; MUSCLE SPECIFIC TYROSINE KINASE ANTIBODY; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27644458160     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000183145.91579.74     Document Type: Article

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