Late onset generalized myasthenia gravis presenting with facial weakness and bulbar signs without extraocular muscle involvement

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-344

  Cucurachi, Laura ^a   Cattaneo, Luigi ^a   Gemignani, Franco ^a   Pavesi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cranial nerves; Extraocular muscles; Facial palsy; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FACE MUSCLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PALATE DISEASE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DYSPHONIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE;

EID: 67650996478     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0095-x     Document Type: Article

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