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Current status of the congenital myasthenic syndromes.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2012
Engel Andrew G
Abstract excerpt
Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are heterogeneous disorders in which the safety margin of neuromuscular transmission is compromised by one or more specific mechanisms. Clinical, electrophysiologic, and morphologic studies have paved the way for detecting CMS-related mutations in proteins residing in the nerve terminal, the synaptic basal lamina, and in the postsynaptic region of the motor endplate. The...
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