Eosinophilia, myositis, and myasthenia gravis associated with a thymoma

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-245

  Avni, Irit ^a   Sharabi, Yehonatan ^b   Sadeh, Menachem ^c   Buchman, Aron S ^d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Myasthenia gravis; Myositis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOSITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; EOSINOPHILIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOSITIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERITONITIS; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746734901     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20526     Document Type: Article

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