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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Audio-vestibular symptoms in systemic autoimmune diseases [PDF]
Immune-mediated inner ear disease can be primary, when the autoimmune response is against the inner ear, or secondary. The latter is characterized by the involvement of the ear in the presence of systemic autoimmune conditions. Sensorineural hearing loss
Adelchi, Croce +7 more
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Relationship between hearing function and myasthenia gravis: a contemporary review [PDF]
There is increasing evidence of a connection between hearing function and myasthenia gravis (MG). Studies of the pathophysiological basis of this relationship suggest that acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) on outer hair cells (OHCs) play a central role. In
ALTISSIMI, Giancarlo +5 more
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Class A drug abuse: an ophthalmologist's problem? [PDF]
[First Paragraph] The 2002/3 British Crime Survey reported that 3% of all 16 to 59 year olds (equating to around one million people) had used a class A drug in the last year.
Firth, A.Y.
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Congenital muscular dystrophy: from muscle to brain. [PDF]
Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are a wide group of muscular disorders that manifest with very early onset of muscular weakness, sometime associated to severe brain involvement.The histologic pattern of muscle anomalies is typical of dystrophic ...
Corsello G +7 more
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Prognosis of Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: Retrospective Multicenter Analysis [PDF]
PURPOSE: To calculate the rate and timing of conversion from ocular myasthenia gravis to generalized myasthenia gravis. DESIGN: Retrospective multicenter analysis. SUBJECTS: Patients included in the study were diagnosed with ocular myasthenia gravis
Abusamra, K +4 more
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Ocular myasthenia gravis in a setting of thyrotoxicosis
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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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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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 +12 more
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Early onset bilateral juvenile myasthenia gravis masquerading as simple congenital ptosis
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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