Dropped head as an unusual presenting sign of myasthenia gravis

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-106

  D'Amelio, M ^a   Di Benedetto, N ^a   Ragonese, P ^a   Daniele, O ^a   Brighina, F ^a   Fierro, B ^a   Savettieri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case report; Dropped head; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD MOVEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOM; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK MUSCLES; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247639638     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-007-0796-y     Document Type: Article

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