Thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis without acetylcholine receptor antibodies

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 112-113

  Rigamonti, Andrea ^a   Lauria, Giuseppe ^b   Piamarta, Francesca ^a   Fiumani, Anna ^a   Agostoni, Elio ^a  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antibodies; Myasthenia gravis; Recurrence; Seronegative myasthenia; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AZATHIOPRINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDNISONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79951517228     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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