Juvenile seropositive myasthenia gravis with anti-MuSK antibody after thymectomy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1780-1781

  Kostera Pruszczyk, Anna ^a   Kwiecinski, Hubert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE SPECIFIC KINASE ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PTOSIS; THYMECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349652423     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5215-2     Document Type: Article

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