Resources

Web Sites

 

The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Illinois researched sites which may be useful for the healthcare professional. The following sites are listed for informational purposes only. The organizations represented on the web sites are not specifically endorsed or certified by the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Illinois. The list is not intended to be complete. It is the user’s responsibility to determine if the information presented on any of the sites is suitable and useful for his or her needs.

  • eMedicine is described as “the original open access comprehensive medical textbook for all clinical fields.” A direct link to an overview of myasthenia gravis follows. Please note this is not the only article on myasthenia gravis found on the site. http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic232.htm
  • The Drugs.com web site says it, “provides access to information tailored for a professional audience - sourced solely from the most trusted, well-respected and independant agents such as the FDA, Wolters Kluwer Health, Thomson Micromedex, Cerner Multum and Stedman's.” A link to the home page follows. http://www.drugs.com/professionals.html
  • PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
  • The constant exchange of ideas is crucial to progress in medical research. Findings in one field often unexpectedly affect thinking in others. To encourage this exchange of ideas in its own laboratories, NIH hosts more than 1,200 scientific lectures each year by its own researchers and by distinguished visiting scientists from other research institutions. Following is a link to a web page with a few highlights of the many lectures NIH hosted in 2007. http://www.nih.gov/about/almanac/lectures/index.htm
  • Muscle & Nerve describes itself as an international and interdisciplinary publication of original contributions, in both health and disease, concerning studies of the muscle, the neuromuscular junction, the peripheral motor, sensory and autonomic neurons, and the central nervous system where the behavior of the peripheral nervous system is clarified. Appearing monthly, Muscle & Nerve publishes clinical studies and clinically relevant research reports in the fields of anatomy, biochemistry, cell biology, electrophysiology and electrodiagnosis, epidemiology, genetics, immunology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, toxicology, and virology. The journal welcomes articles and reports on basic clinical electrophysiology and electrodiagnosis. This publication expedites some papers dealing with timely topics to keep up with the fast-moving pace of science, based on the referees' recommendation. Note: The site provides abstracts of articles. The full text must be purchased. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/32891/home

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Information on this page updated October, 2009.