nervous system
• decrease in junctional folding at the postsynaptic membrane
• reduction in number of acetylcholine receptors in each junction
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• the amplitude of miniature endplate currents is reduced by 20% in the extensor digitorum longus muscle, however other features of neuromuscular transmission are normal
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muscle
N |
• no indication of muscle weakness or degeneration of cardiac or skeletal muscle
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renal/urinary system
N |
• normal kidney and function
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respiratory system
N |
• no signs of abnormal breathing and the lung appears normal
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