Is exercise necessary with repetitive nerve stimulation in evaluating patients with suspected myasthenia gravis?

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-106

  Rubin, Devon I ^a   Hentschel, Kenneth ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Decrement; Exercise; Myasthenia gravis; Postexercise exhaustion; Repetitive nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE NERVE STIMULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845964982     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20667     Document Type: Article

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