Myasthenia gravis, thymoma, and intestinal pseudo-obstruction

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-95

  Rakocevic, Goran ^a   Barohn, Richard ^a   McVey, April L ^a   Damjanov, Ivan ^a   Morte, Paul D ^b   Vernino, Steven ^b   Lennon, Vanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestinal pseudo obstruction; Myasthenia gravis; Nicotinic ganglionic acetylcholine receptor antibodies; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DYSAUTONOMIA; FACE MUSCLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA;

EID: 4644224607     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00131402-200312000-00004     Document Type: Article

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