Familial autoimmune MuSK positive myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1559-1560

  Corda, Davide ^a   Deiana, Giovanni A ^a   Mulargia, Marina ^b   Pirastru, Maria I ^a   Serra, Maria ^b   Piluzza, Maria G ^a   Carcassi, Carlo ^b   Sechi, Gianpietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MUSK ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ASTHENIA; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOPATHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS ATROPHY; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEDIGREE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 79961022686     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-5964-6     Document Type: Letter

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