Seropositive myasthenia gravis associated with small-cell lung carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Neurology (Korea)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-46

  Ohira, Masayuki ^a   Jeong, Dushin ^b   Oh, Shin J ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Soonchunhang University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antibody; Myasthenia gravis; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956353400     PISSN: 17386586     EISSN: 20055013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2011.7.1.43     Document Type: Review

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