Correlation of bite force with excitation-contraction coupling time of the masseter in myasthenia gravis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1051-1058

  Tsuda, Emiko ^a   Imai, Tomihiro ^a   Hozuki, Takayoshi ^a   Yamauchi, Rika ^a   Saitoh, Masaki ^a   Hisahara, Shin ^a   Yoshikawa, Hiroaki ^b   Motomura, Masakatsu ^c   Shimohama, Shun ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bite force; Excitation contraction coupling; Masseter; Myasthenia gravis; Pressure sensitive sheet; Repetitive nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MOVEMENT RELATED POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; BITE FORCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952743712     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.01.036     Document Type: Article

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