AchR-positive myasthenia gravis with MRI evidence of early muscle atrophy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 918-919

  Zouvelou, Vasiliki ^a   Rentzos, Michael ^a   Toulas, Panagiotis ^b   Evdokimidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Diagnostic Center Euromedica Encephalos   (Greece)

Author keywords

AchR MG; MRI; Muscle atrophy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FATIGUE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 84861194231     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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