Different types of intra-saccadic slowing in congenital (RAPSN-mutation) and acquired myasthenic syndromes [3]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Rambold, H ^a   Sander, T ^a   Helmchen, C ^a   Heide, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b ALLGEMEINES KRANKENHAUS CELLE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Myasthenic syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAPSN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; SACCADES;

EID: 33748950642     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01393.x     Document Type: Letter

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