Myasthenia gravis: Presentation and outcome in 104 patients managed in a single institution

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 341-345

  Al Moallem, Mansour A ^a   Alkali, Nura H ^a   Hakami, Mohammed A ^b   Zaidan, Radwan M ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Fahad Central Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; WEAKNESS; ARAB; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249091941     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2008.341     Document Type: Article

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