Delayed Diagnosis of Atypical Presentation of Myasthenia Gravis
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Myasthenia gravis: diagnosis.
The clinical history and neurological examination provide the most important data on which the diagnosis of autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) is based. MG produces symptomatic weakness that predominates in certain muscle groups and typically fluctuates in response to effort and rest. The diagnosis of MG therefore depends on the recognition of this distinctive pattern of fatigable weakness. Labo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2284-2594
DOI: 10.12890/2017_000785