Dandy-Walker syndrome in adult mimicking myasthenia gravis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-175

  Cardoso, Juliana ^a   Lange, Marcos C ^a   Lorenzoni, Paulo J ^a   Scola, Rosana H ^a   Werneck, Lineu C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dandy Walker syndrome; Hydrocephalus; Myasthenia gravis; Palpebral ptosis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PTOSIS;

EID: 34147171037     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000100037     Document Type: Article

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