Myasthenia gravis: Diagnosis

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-39

  Meriggioli, Matthew N ^a,b   Sanders, Donald B ^c  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antibody; Edrophonium chloride; Repetitive nerve stimulation; Single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CURARE DERIVATIVE; EDROPHONIUM; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; NEOSTIGMINE METHYL SULFATE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; RYANODINE ANTIBODY; STRIATED MUSCLE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE NERVE STIMULATION; REVIEW; SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 3042634959     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829594     Document Type: Review

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