Vocal cord paralysis in myasthenia gravis with anti-MuSK antibodies

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 621-622

  Hara, K ^a   Mashima, T ^a   Matsuda, A ^a   Tanaka, K ^a   Tomita, M ^b   Shiraishi, H ^c   Motomura, M ^c   Nishizawa, M ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ENZYME; MUSCLE SPECIFIC TYROSINE KINASE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FACIAL MUSCLES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PREDNISOLONE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 33847232893     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000254617.15644.f4     Document Type: Article

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