Reliability of SFEMG in diagnosing myasthenia gravis: Sensitivity and specificity calculated on 100 prospective cases

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1270-1273

  Padua, L ^a,b   Caliandro, P ^a   Di Iasi, G ^c   Pazzaglia, C ^b   Ciaraffa, F ^a   Evoli, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Neuromuscular transmission; Single fibre electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE FIBRE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; BLINKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINKING; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899906279     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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