Demyelinating disease in patients with myasthenia gravis
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness, caused by impaired neuromuscular transmission. Patients with MG can present other autoimmune diseases in association, commonly hypo or hyperthyroidism. The association of MG to demyelinating disease is rare...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repository: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/4259 |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2008000100002 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/4259 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | myasthenia gravis myelinating disease association miastenia gravis doenças desmielinizante associação |
| Summary: | Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness, caused by impaired neuromuscular transmission. Patients with MG can present other autoimmune diseases in association, commonly hypo or hyperthyroidism. The association of MG to demyelinating disease is rare and has been described before. We report on three Brazilian patients with MG that presented distinct demyelinating diseases, two monophasic and one recurrent neuromyelitis optica, several years after the diagnosis of MG, and discuss their clinical courses. |
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