myasthenic syndrome

Noun

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myasthenic syndrome - a disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions Synonyms: carcinomatous myopathy, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, Lambert-Eaton syndrome

carcinomatous myopathy, disease of the neuromuscular junction, Eaton-Lambert syndrome, Lambert-Eaton syndrome