Temporal coincidence between AMAN type of GBS and myasthenia gravis [8]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 264-265

  Kraus, Jörg ^a,b   Teismann, Inga ^a   Kellinghaus, Christoph ^a   Duning, Thomas ^a   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a   Nabavi, Darius G ^a   Schäbitz, Wolf Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ACUTE MOTOR AXONAL NEUROPATHY; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; GANGLIOSIDES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS;

EID: 33847636827     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0366-x     Document Type: Letter

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