Electrophysiological and immunological study in myasthenia gravis: Diagnostic sensitivity and correlation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1873-1877

  Witoonpanich, Rawiphan ^a   Dejthevaporn, Charungthai ^a   Sriphrapradang, Arporn ^a   Pulkes, Teeratorn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Correlation; Diagnostic sensitivity; Electrophysiological study; Immunological study; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE NERVE STIMULATION; SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960889595     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.026     Document Type: Article

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