Anti-MuSK-positive myasthenia gravis: Neuromuscular transmission failure in facial and limb muscles

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-128

  Kuwabara, S ^a   Nemoto, Y ^a   Misawa, S ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Kawaguchi, N ^a   Hattori, T ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti MuSK antibody; Muscle specific receptor tyrosine kinase; MuSK; Myasthenia gravis; Single fiber electromyography

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; EDROPHONIUM; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MUSCLE SPECIFIC RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 33845890786     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00721.x     Document Type: Review

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