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Identifying the Diagnostic Challenges and Indicators of Orthostatic Tremor: Patient Perspectives

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The diagnosis of orthostatic tremor (OT) is challenging because of its non‐specific symptoms and a broad range of differential diagnosis, resulting in a complex and lengthy diagnostic journey. Objective The aim was to assess the diagnostic delay in OT and to identify key clinical indicators as reported by patients.
Wietske A. Babeliowsky, Kiel Woodward, Bart Swinnen, Sarah Doss, Michael Muir, Rob M.A. de Bie, Diego R. Torres‐Russotto, Anne‐Fleur van Rootselaar   +7 more
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Determinants of quality of life in Brazilian patients with myasthenia gravis

Clinics
OBJECTIVES: The aims of the current study were 1) to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Brazilian version of the 15-item Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life Scale and 2) to investigate the quality of life of Brazilian patients with myasthenia ...
Aline Mansueto Mourão, Rodrigo Santiago Gomez, Luiz Sergio Mageste Barbosa, Denise da Silva Freitas, Elizabeth Regina Comini-Frota, Arthur Kummer, Stella Maris Aguiar Lemos, Antonio Lucio Teixeira   +7 more
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Disfagia e Disartria. Forma Invulgar de Apresentação da Miastenia Gravis [PDF]

, 2007
Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder that generally presents with ocular symptoms, specially diplopia and ptosis. Dysphagia may be a manifestation of the generalised type of the disease, but rarely is its presenting feature. The authors describe a
Alcântara, J, Claro, I, Ferreira, S, Lage, P, Nobre Leitão, C, Nunes, J   +5 more
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Long-term treatment of refractory myasthenia gravis with subcutaneous immunoglobulin [PDF]

, 2017
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Boczán, Judit, Csiba, László, Dankó, Katalin, Kovács, Edina, Nagy-Vincze, Melinda   +4 more
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Takotsubo syndrome in patients with myasthenia gravis: a systematic review of previously reported cases

BMC Neurology, 2019
Background Myasthenia gravis associated takotsubo syndrome is a rare condition. This study aimed to explore its typical presentation, investigations and treatment through a systematic review of previously reported cases.
Devarajan Rathish, Minuri Karalliyadda
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Autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis: demonstration of anti-motor endplate antibody and anti-muscle membrane antibody using membrane immunofluorescence technique [PDF]

, 1975
The presence of specific serum antibodies in five myasthenia gravis patients was demonstrated against the motor endplates and muscle membranes of rats by membrane immunofluorescence technique.
Arimori, Shigeru, Ichikawa, Yukinobu, Kobashi, Hidehiro, Koriyama, Kenji, Nakata, Yasunari, Tada, Shinya   +5 more
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Efficacy and Safety of IncobotulinumtoxinA for Treatment of Sialorrhea: A Multicenter, Phase 3 Study in Japan

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
This study demonstrated significant treatment efficacy and safety of incobotulinumtoxinA injection in Japanese patients with chronic sialorrhea caused by Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions. Suppression of salivary secretion and improvement in drooling symptoms were also observed throughout 48 weeks.
Nobutaka Hattori, Yohei Mukai, Noriko Nishikawa, Kazuko Hasegawa, Masahiko Tomiyama, Yasuyoshi Kimura, Yoshio Tsuboi, Ryosuke Takahashi, Ryota Nakamura, Yuishin Izumi, Hirohisa Watanabe, Morinobu Seki, Kenji Sekiguchi, Shohei Tateishi, Yusaku Matsushita, Yusaku Nakamura   +15 more
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Identification of metabolic biomarkers and therapeutic targets in the thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis treated with methylprednisolone

Discover Oncology
Objective This study aims to screen and identify metabolic biomarkers and targets for methylprednisolone treatment of thymoma with myasthenia gravis (MG) through metabolomics and network pharmacology analysis, thereby improving guidance for clinical ...
Shanshan Gu, Xu Wang, Hongxia Yang, Yaxuan Wang, Congya Yan, Xiaoting Lin, Peng Liu, Lu Liu, Li Meng, Guoyan Qi   +9 more
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A case of myasthenia gravis following alopecia areata

Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy, 2023
We present a case of myasthenia gravis that occurred after alopecia areata and evaluate the literature on the comorbidity of alopecia and myasthenia gravis. A 41‐year‐old male noticed hair loss on his scalp 4 months ago, and his hair loss progressed with
Naoki Sasaki, Yu Sawada
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Ruolo delle heat shock proteins nella patogenesi della miastenia gravis [PDF]

, 2010
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscolar junction mediated by specific antibodies to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Several clinical and experimental studies have confirmed that the HSPs are involved in the process of
MARINO GAMMAZZA, Antonella, ZUMMO, Leila
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