Dyspnoea due to vocal fold abduction paresis in anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1083-1084

  Sylva, Marc ^a   Van Der Kooi, A J ^a   Grolman, W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITAL CAPACITY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREDNISONE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; TIME FACTORS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 50449105380     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.135319     Document Type: Letter

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