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Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on patients with myasthenia gravis: a retrospective study in a Chinese population

Frontiers in Neurology
Background and purposeMyasthenia gravis (MG) is characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness due to immune-mediated damage to acetylcholine receptors. Viral infections can exacerbate symptoms of muscle weakness, and the clinical status of patients with ...
Peng Liu, Peng Liu, Mengna Li, Liqing Li, Wenli Jia, Huimin Dong, Guoyan Qi, Guoyan Qi, Guoyan Qi   +8 more
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Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with erythroblastopenia and thymoma: Reactivation after topical corticosteroids [PDF]

, 1998
We report a 69-year-old female with erythroblastopenia and thymoma who developed lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) after thymectomy, 2 months after the initiation of therapy with methylprednisolone.
Alomar, A., Barnadas, M. A., Curell, R., de Moragas, J. M., Garcia-Patos, V., Kind, P., Pedro, C., Perez, E., Sander, C. A.   +8 more
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Myasthenia Gravis [PDF]

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1903
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Case report: Efgartigimod combined with intravenous methylprednisolone in a case of co-occurrence of unexplained myasthenia gravis, inflammatory myopathy, and fulminant myocarditis

Frontiers in Immunology
The co-occurrence of myasthenia gravis (MG), inflammatory myopathy (IM), and fulminant myocarditis (FM) has rarely been reported. The few previous articles were mostly case reports or small sample data analysis, and the etiology was mostly attributed to ...
Hongxia Yang, Zulin Pan, Ying Yang, Yaxuan Wang, Biqi Cheng, Guoyan Qi   +5 more
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Swallowing impairment in neurologic disorders : the role of videofluorographic swallowing study [PDF]

, 2018
Patients with neurologic diseases almost inevitably develop various degrees of swallowing disorders during their life. Dysphagia is one of the main negative prognostic factors in this class of patients, leading to severe morbidity (i.e.

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MYASTHENIA GRAVIS. [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1906
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The Muscle Is Not a Passive Target in Myasthenia Gravis

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare autoimmune disease mediated by pathogenic antibodies (Ab) directed against components of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), mainly the acetylcholine receptor (AChR).
Jean-Thomas Vilquin, Alexandra Clarissa Bayer, Rozen Le Panse, Sonia Berrih-Aknin   +3 more
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Myasthenia gravis [PDF]

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2007
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, autoimmune neuromuscular junction disorder. Contemporary prevalence rates approach 1/5,000. MG presents with painless, fluctuating, fatigable weakness involving specific muscle groups. Ocular weakness with asymmetric ptosis and binocular diplopia is the most typical initial presentation, while early or isolated ...
Juel, Vern C, Massey, Janice M
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Efgartigimod Combined with Glucocorticoids in the Treatment of Severe Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: A Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study

Neurology and Therapy
Introduction High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) is effective in treating generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), but early-stage transient aggravation and MG crisis can occur.
Shanshan Gu, Yongzhao Li, Huimin Dong, Hongxia Yang, Mei Ma, Mengna Li, Congya Yan, Pei Jia, Yaxuan Wang, Guoyan Qi   +9 more
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Identification of potential prognostic biomarkers of thymoma with myasthenia gravis based on serum proteomics

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundThymoma is often associated with myasthenia gravis (MG), and the resection of thymoma improves myasthenic symptoms in patients with thymoma and MG (TMG), but some patients still have no relief.
Xiaoting Lin, Xiaoting Lin, Xiaoting Lin, Xiaoting Lin, Peng Liu, Peng Liu, Peng Liu, Peng Liu, Guoyan Qi, Guoyan Qi, Guoyan Qi, Guoyan Qi   +11 more
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