Myasthenia gravis exacerbation associated with pembrolizumab

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 506-507

  Zhu, Julia ^a   Li, Yuebing ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; METASTATIC MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84982171125     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.25055     Document Type: Article

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