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Consistent improvement with eculizumab across muscle groups in myasthenia gravis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2020 Objective To assess whether eculizumab, a terminal complement inhibitor, improves patient‐ and physician‐reported outcomes (evaluated using the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale ...
Renato Mantegazza +4 more
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Relationship between hearing function and myasthenia gravis: a contemporary review [PDF]
, 2016 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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The Effect of Acupuncture on Blepharoptosis and Diplopia in Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: A Report of Three Cases [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2015 Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture therapy on relieving ocular symptoms in resistant Ocular Myasthenia Gravis (OMG).
Mohammad Etezad Razavi +3 more
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Ocular myasthenia gravis: A case series
TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research, 2020 Aim: To report the clinical profile of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) at a tertiary eye care center in Tamil Nadu. Material and Methods: This is a retrospective case series of patients in a single center between February 2019 and March 2020. Result:
Sandra C Ganesh, Amrutha Sindhu, Jogitha
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Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: A pathological analysis
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2022 Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a prototypic T-cell-dependent antibody-mediated autoimmune disease that leads to ocular or generalized muscular weakness.
Shweta Bansod +3 more
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Tolosa-Hunt syndrome with general myasthenia gravis involvement [PDF]
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2020 Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is an uncommon disease that exhibits unilateral periorbital pain or headache, accompanied by cranial nerve palsies. Myasthenia gravis is an acquired immune system disease involving the neuromuscular junction.
Lu Li, Zhe Wang, Ming-Ou Lu
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A conceptual framework for evaluating impairments in myasthenia gravis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BACKGROUND:Myasthenia gravis is characterized by weakness and fatigability of different muscle groups, including ocular, bulbar and the limbs. Therefore, a measure of disease severity at the impairment level in myasthenia needs to reflect all the ...
Carolina Barnett +4 more
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Congenital muscular dystrophy: from muscle to brain. [PDF]
, 2016 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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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to systematically observe the clinical manifestations, immune cell subsets, and dynamic changes in serological indicators in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) before and after efgartigimod (EFG) treatment. Methods We analyzed the baseline data, laboratory parameters, and lymphocyte subset proportions in MG ...
Tiancheng Luo +9 more
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Trauma-Induced Double-Seronegative Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report
Journal of Rawalpindi Medical CollegeWe present here a 12-year-old child who presented with complaints of blurring of vision and drooping of the left upper eyelid for the past 4 years, which started 1 month after he encountered blunt trauma to the left-sided orbital region.
Mohammad Ali Khalid +5 more
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