Pyridostigmine in postpolio syndrome: no decline in fatigue and limited functional improvement
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Pyridostigmine in postpolio syndrome: no decline in fatigue and limited functional improvement.
OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of pyridostigmine on fatigue, physical performance, and muscle function in subjects with postpoliomyelitis syndrome. METHODS 67 subjects with increased fatigue and new weakness in one quadriceps muscle showing neuromuscular transmission defects, were included in a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of 60 mg pyridostigmine four times a day f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.12.1655