The pathophysiology and treatment of autoimmune neuromuscular junction diseases

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 872-876

  Motomura, Masakatsu ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody mediated disorders; Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome: LEMS; LDL receptor related protein 4: Lrp4; Muscle specific receptor tyrosine kinase: MuSK; Myasthenia garvis: MG

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIAMINOPYRIDINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; SEX RATIO;

HUMANS; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS;

EID: 84856491042     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.51.872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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