Recent reports have shown that patients with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) improve transiently after high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) administration. Information about the usefulness of IVIG for long-term treatment is rather scanty. Our findings demonstrate the efficacy of mont
Treatment of Lambert-Eaton syndrome with intravenous immunoglobulin
β Scribed by Mark M. Rich; James W. Teener; Shawn J. Bird
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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MUSCLE & NERVE May 1997
improvement is so minimal that it is difficult to detect S: Effect of intravenous immunoglobulin in Lambert-Eaton electrophysiologically. Evaluation of jitter and neuromyasthenic syndrome with small-cell lung cancer: correlation muscular block through single-fiber electromyograwith the titer of anti-voltage-gated calcium channel antibody.
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