Myasthenia Gravis in pregnancy: Systematic review and case series [PDF]
Background: Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease which can impact pregnancy. Methods: Six databases were systematically searched for studies with at least five subjects reporting pregnancy outcomes for women with myasthenia gravis in pregnancy ...
Banner, Harrison+5 more
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Background To evaluate chest computed tomography (CT) compared to intracavitary electrocardiogram (ECG) in predicting the length of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placement and analyzing the accuracy of the positioning methods.
Huimin Dong+4 more
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Outcomes after major surgery in patients with myasthenia gravis: A nationwide matched cohort study. [PDF]
To validate the comprehensive features of adverse outcomes after surgery for patients with myasthenia gravis.Using reimbursement claims from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we analyzed 2290 patients who received major surgery ...
Yi-Wen Chang+7 more
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Unraveling the role of ectopic thymic tissue in patients undergoing thymectomy for myasthenia gravis [PDF]
Extended thymectomy has been considered the goal of surgery for myasthenia gravis (MG) mainly due to the existence of ectopic thymic tissue. Recently, ectopic thymic tissue has attracted increasing attention in patients with MG following thymectomy ...
Bauer, Gero+9 more
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Psychopharmacology in myasthenia gravis patients with focus on depression [PDF]
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease with a potential to disrupt brain function and cause depression as a result of the disease itself or treatment side effect.
Arimbawa, Komang+2 more
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A phase 3 multicenter, prospective, open-label efficacy and safety study of immune globulin (human) 10% caprylate/chromatography purified in patients with myasthenia gravis exacerbations [PDF]
Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder affecting neuromuscular transmission. Exacerbations may involve increasing bulbar weakness and/or sudden respiratory failure, both of which can be critically disabling.
Ayguasanosa, J+17 more
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Autoimmunity and Immunodeficiency Coexisting in the Same Patient [PDF]
Myasthenia gravis is a well-known autoimmune disorder. Very few cases in literature showed association of myasthenia gravis, thymoma, and oral candidiasis. Here, we present a case of myasthenia gravis with thymoma, significant weight loss, extensive oral
Mugundhan Krishnan+6 more
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C-deformation of Supergravity [PDF]
A four-dimensional supergravity toy model in an arbitrary self-dual gravi-photon background is constructed in Euclidean space, by freezing out the gravi-photon field strength in the standard N=(1,1) extended supergravity with two non-chiral gravitini. Our model has local N=(1/2,0) supersymmetry.
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Flow cytofluorimetric analysis of anti-LRP4 (LDL receptor-related protein 4) autoantibodies in Italian patients with Myasthenia gravis [PDF]
Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease in which 90% of patients have autoanti-bodies against the muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR), while autoantibodies to muscle-specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK) have been detected in ...
Antonini, Giovanni+11 more
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Background Observational studies have demonstrated an association between gut microbiota and myasthenia gravis; however, the causal relationship between the two still lacks clarity.
Tengfei Su+5 more
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