Ocular myasthenia: A rare presentation with MuSK antibody and bilateral extraocular muscle atrophy [6]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 842-843

  Chan, Jane W ^a   Orrison, William W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Nevada Imaging Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MUSCLE SPECIFIC TYROSINE KINASE ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULAR MYASTHENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; THYMECTOMY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 34249781696     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.108498     Document Type: Letter

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