Myasthenia gravis: A study from India

Neurology India

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 352-355

  Singhal, B ^a   Bhatia, Nisha ^a   Umesh, T ^b   Menon, Suresh ^a  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Kamineni Wokhardt Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antibodies; Congenital myasthenia; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYMECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049097677     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.43455     Document Type: Article

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