We present a patient who developed the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) in association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Severe proximal weakness with electrodiagnostic evidence of LEMS developed over 2 days during an exacerbation of cutaneous manifestations (bullous pemphigoid) assoc
Lambert–eaton myasthenic syndrome associated with gastric schwannoma
✍ Scribed by Agata Katia Patanella; Assunta Bianco; Francesco Federico; Anna Modoni; Pietro Attilio Tonali; Anna Paola Batocchi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 606 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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