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BOF: 84

A 36 year old male presents with a history of pain and weakness of his right shoulder. 10 days prior to the onset of symptoms he had an upper respiratory tract infection but apart from that there was no significant past medical history. He was not on any medication

On examination you note wasting of his right supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles. There is weakness of initiation of abduction and external rotation of his right shoulder. The rest of the neurological examination of the upper limb is unremarkable. Reflexes are normal and there is no sensory loss.

In this patient which of the following investigations is most likely to reveal the diagnosis?

a)      Muscle biopsy

b)      Creatinine phosphokinase levels

c)      Electromyography

d)     IgG acetyl choline receptor antibody

e)      MRI spinal cord

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