title: Muscle-specific tyrosine kinase-antibody-positive myasthenic crisis with detailed electrophysiologic studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College (NDMC), Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan. yanagawa@ndmc.ac.jp
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yanagawa
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hongo
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiozaki
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamakura
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonoo
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motomura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000276:immunology*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000276:immunology*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D011239:Prednisolone; C095714:MUSK protein, human; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases