Digestive involvement in a patient with Lambert-Eaton syndrome
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[Eaton-Lambert syndrome].
In the myasthenic syndrome sometimes associated with bronchogenic carcinoma (Eaton-Lambert syndrome) muscular weakness is caused by reduced acetylcholine release from motor nerve terminals (Elmqvist and Lambert, 1968). Guanidine is a potent drug in this condition (Lambert, 1966) but serious adverse reactions have been reported (Lambert and Howard, 1972; Cherington, 1976; Henriksson et al., 1977...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1130-0108
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6846/2019