Journal article
Myasthenic Syndromes in Hypothyroidism: Electrophysiological Study of Neuromuscular Transmission and Muscle Contraction in Two Patients
Archives of neurology (Chicago), Vol.26(4), pp.326-335
04/01/1972
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1972.00490100056005
PMID: 4335614
Abstract
Two hypothyroid patients, one with autoimmune thyroiditis and pernicious anemia and the other with idiopathic primary myxedema, were studied electrophysiologically. The former showed findings of the Eaton-Lambert myasthenic syndrome, and the latter showed findings of the desensitization block of neuromuscular transmission or the conduction block at the fine terminal filaments of the motor axon. The muscle contraction study revealed the posttetanic muscle contracture without electrical discharges in the former, and the posttetanic twitch depression and the decreased tetanic force in the latter.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Myasthenic Syndromes in Hypothyroidism: Electrophysiological Study of Neuromuscular Transmission and Muscle Contraction in Two Patients
- Creators
- Masaharu TakamoriLudwig GutmannThomas W CrosbyJames D Martin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of neurology (Chicago), Vol.26(4), pp.326-335
- DOI
- 10.1001/archneur.1972.00490100056005
- PMID
- 4335614
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Neurol
- ISSN
- 0003-9942
- eISSN
- 1538-3687
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/1972
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984020751302771
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