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New acute onset of ocular myasthenia gravis after COVID-19 vaccine: A case report

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
Reports have shown the association of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with several neuromuscular disorders. Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease in which antibodies bind to acetyl choline receptors in the postsynaptic membrane at the ...
Himani T. Chaturvedi, Varsha Patel, Rahul Vasava, Chandrashekher Chaturvedi   +3 more
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Off-center presentation of ocular myasthenia

Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition with varied presentations. In this, we report a 70 years old diabetic male who came complaining of diplopia.
Mary A Stephen, P Jayasri, P J Harigaravelu   +2 more
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Diagnosing Myasthenia Gravis With Repetitive Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Timely and accurate diagnosis of myasthenia gravis, particularly in patients with fluctuating, isolated ocular involvement, remains challenging. Serological antibody testing and repetitive nerve stimulation of peripheral muscles usually have low ...
Magdalena A. Wirth, Magdalena A. Wirth, Fabienne C. Fierz, Yulia Valko, Konrad P. Weber, Konrad P. Weber   +5 more
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Clinical predictors for the prognosis of myasthenia gravis

BMC Neurology, 2017
Background Clinical predictors for myasthenia gravis relapse and ocular myasthenia gravis secondary generalization during the first two years after disease onset remain incompletely identified.
Lili Wang, Yun Zhang, Maolin He
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Ocular myasthenia gravis: Side effect of urografin

Heart India, 2016
Ocular myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction. Diplopia and ptosis are common symptoms at the onset of ocular myasthenia gravis. It may occur due to the antibodies developed against various drugs.
Nitin Modi, Siddhant Jain, Mahendra Tilkar, Narayan Chandra Sarkar   +3 more
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Features of depression development in myasthenia gravis.

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2020
The relative risk of developing depression in myasthenia gravis is 2.14 times higher than in the general population. The features of depression in myasthenia patients remain poorly understood and need to be clarified.
O. I. Kalbus, S. O. Makarov, N. P. Shastun, O. V. Somilo, Yu. V. Bukreyeva   +4 more
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Case report: Efgartigimod is a novel therapeutic option for ocular myasthenia gravis: a report of 2 cases [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
Ruixia Zhu, Zhu Ruixia
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Ocular myasthenia gravis in a setting of thyrotoxicosis

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013
Ocular myasthenia gravis in conjunction with thyroid disorders, although rare, has been reported in the past. However, the similarity in the presentation of both the entities and the tendency of myasthenia gravis to get overlooked easily, even by ...
Sarabjeet Chhabra, B C Pruthvi
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Bilateral Cavernous Carotid Aneurysms: Atypical Presentation of a Rare Cause of Mass Effect. A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

Frontiers in Neurology, 2018
Bilateral cavernous carotid aneurysms (CCAs) represent a rare medical condition that can mimic other disorders. We present a rare case of bilateral CCAs simulating an ocular myasthenia.
Delia Gagliardi, Irene Faravelli, Luisa Villa, Guglielmo Pero, Claudia Cinnante, Roberta Brusa, Eleonora Mauri, Laura Tresoldi, Francesca Magri, Alessandra Govoni, Nereo Bresolin, Giacomo P. Comi, Stefania Corti   +12 more
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Early onset bilateral juvenile myasthenia gravis masquerading as simple congenital ptosis

GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2017
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder affecting the neuromuscular junction. Ocular myasthenia gravis presents as ptosis with extraocular motility restriction and is prone to be misdiagnosed as third nerve palsy or congenital or aponeurotic ptosis ...
Alam, Md. Shahid, Devi Nivean, Pratheeba
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