Diagnostic utility of stimulated single-fiber electromyography of the orbicularis oculi muscle in patients with suspected ocular myasthenia

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-170

  Mercelis, Rudy ^a   Merckaert, Virginie ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electromyography; Jitter; Myasthenia gravis; Ocular symptoms; Single fiber

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULAR MYASTHENIA; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATED SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 78751651745     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21853     Document Type: Article

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