Dysphagia and unexpected myasthenia gravis associated with primary biliary cirrhosis, ulcerative colitis and vitiligo [7]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1407-1408

  McCann, Peter ^a   Pramanik, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VITILIGO;

AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PENICILLAMINE; VITILIGO;

EID: 3843062257     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52379_7.x     Document Type: Letter

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