Myasthenia gravis associated with HTLV-I infection and atypical brain lesions

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-528

  Lalive, Patrice H ^a   Allali, Gilles ^a   Truffert, André ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human T lymphotropic virus type I; Human T lymphotropic virus type I associated myelopathy; Meningitis; Myasthenia gravis; Tropical spastic paraparesis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 34047216359     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20694     Document Type: Article

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