Childhood-onset myasthenia gravis with thymoma

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 329-331

  Nikolic, Dimitrije M ^a,b   Nikolic, Ana V ^c   Lavrnic, Dragana V ^b   Medjo, Biljana P ^a   Ivanovski, Petar I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULBAR MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOSTIGMINE TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859884204     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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