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Detecting muscle-specific kinase myasthenia gravis in atypical presentations

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The datasets used and analyze during the current study are available form the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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We thank the Department of Neurology, Shin-Kong Hospital, for helping with anti-MuSK antibody estimation.

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  1. Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan

    Chang-Jie Cheng & Jen-Jen Su

  2. Department of Neurology, En Chu Kong Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

    Chang-Jie Cheng

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Cheng, CJ., Su, JJ. Detecting muscle-specific kinase myasthenia gravis in atypical presentations. Acta Neurol Belg (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-024-02530-z

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