Ice pack test: is it obsolete?
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Ice pack test in myasthenia gravis.
*Assistant Professor, **Professor & Head, Department of Medicine, Dr. RP Govt. Medical College, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh Received: 02.04.2010; Revised: 02.11.2010; Accepted: 13.03.2013 A 38 year o ld female presented with difficulty in chewing and swallowing, drooping of both eye lids, early fatigability of upper limbs during lifting of objects and on sustained effort for five months duration. S...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.04.2011.4066