The early history of myasthenia gravis

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 878-886

  Hughes, Trevor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

19th century German medicine; Myasthenia gravis; Neuromuscular diseases; Samuel Goldflam; Sir Samuel Wilks, Bart; Thomas Willis; Wilhelm Erb

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; EDROPHONIUM; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; EPHEDRINE; GLYCINE; IODIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STRYCHNINE;

BULBAR PARALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PHYSICIAN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS LYMPHOMA; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 28244501341     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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