Congenital myasthenic syndrome: A brief review

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 141-148

  Lorenzoni, Paulo Joś ^a   Scola, Rosana Herminia ^a   Kay, Cláudia Suemi Kamoi ^a   Werneck, Lineu Cesar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIAMINOPYRIDINE; ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLCHOLINE; AGRIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DOWNSTREAM OF TYROSINE KINASE 7; EPHEDRINE; FLUOXETINE; GUANIDINE; LAMININ; LAMININ BETA2; MUSCLE SPECIFIC TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; QUINIDINE SULFATE; RAPSYN; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APNEA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDPLATE ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE DEFICIENCY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; HUMANS; MYASTHENIC SYNDROMES, CONGENITAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84857303074     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.12.001     Document Type: Review

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