"Dropped head syndrome" caused by Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-136

  Ueda, T ^a   Kanda, F ^a   Kobessho, H ^a   Hamaguchi, H ^a   Motomura, M ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Dropped head syndrome; Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DYSARTHRIA; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; REFLEX DISORDER;

AGED; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 67650252509     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21301     Document Type: Article

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