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Sensitivity and specificity of single-fibre EMG in the diagnosis of ocular myasthenia varies accordingly to clinical presentation.

Maria Pia GiannoccaroVitantonio Di StasiCorrado ZanesiniVincenzo DonadioPatrizia AvoniRocco Liguori
Published in: Journal of neurology (2019)
SF-EMG on the orbicularis oculi muscle is very sensitive in patients with ptosis. In contrast, in patients with isolated diplopia SF-EMG does not exclude OMG. Therefore, the interpretation of the results of the test should take into account the patients' clinical presentation.
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