The place of the ice pack test in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 887-888

  Larner, A J ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ice pack test; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; ICE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS;

EID: 7744240993     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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