Letter to the Editor
A case of eosinophilic polymyositis complicated by myasthenia gravis
Yoshio Ikeda MD,
Corresponding Author
Yoshio Ikeda MD
Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Makoto Tanaka MD, PhD,
Makoto Tanaka MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Kazuyuki Mizushima MD,
Kazuyuki Mizushima MD
Department of Neurology, Geriatrics Research Institute and Hospital, 3-26-8 Otomo-machi, Maebashi 371-0847, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Koichi Okamoto MD, PhD,
Koichi Okamoto MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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Yoshio Ikeda MD,
Corresponding Author
Yoshio Ikeda MD
Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Makoto Tanaka MD, PhD,
Makoto Tanaka MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Kazuyuki Mizushima MD,
Kazuyuki Mizushima MD
Department of Neurology, Geriatrics Research Institute and Hospital, 3-26-8 Otomo-machi, Maebashi 371-0847, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Koichi Okamoto MD, PhD,
Koichi Okamoto MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
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First published: 07 December 1998
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