Repetitive nerve stimulation in myasthenia gravis - Relative sensitivity of different muscles

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2776-2782

  Costa, João ^a   Evangelista, Teresinha ^a   Conceição, Isabel ^a,b   Carvalho, Mamede De ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Jitter; Myasthenia gravis; Repetitive nerve stimulation; Single fibre EMG

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OBSERVATION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE FIBERS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 8844269223     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.05.024     Document Type: Article

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