Myasthenic syndrome caused by plectinopathy

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Selcen, D ^a   Juel, V C ^b   Hobson Webb, L D ^b   Smith, E C ^b   Stickler, D E ^c   Bite, A V ^a   Ohno, K ^a,d   Engel, A G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIAMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; NYSTATIN; PLECTIN; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CELL NUCLEUS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOMYSIUM; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA; NAIL DISEASE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PLECTIN DEFICIENCY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PTOSIS; SARCOLEMMA; SECONDARY INFECTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY; SUCKLING; THRUSH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VESICULAR RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOFIBRILS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PLECTIN; SARCOLEMMA; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251592586     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31820882bd     Document Type: Article

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