Acquired neuromyotonia heralding recurrent thymoma in myasthenia gravis

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1311-1314

  Fleisher, Jori ^a   Richie, Megan ^a   Price, Raymond ^a   Scherer, Steven ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^a,b   Lancaster, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CISPLATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOKYMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PLEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TINNITUS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84885699350     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.2863     Document Type: Article

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