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Diplopia in a patient presenting with “blurred vision”: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023 Background Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition affecting the neuromuscular junction and causing muscle weakness along with fatigue (myasthenia).
Anil Harrison +3 more
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SARS-CoV-2 in pre-existing autoimmune myasthenia gravis: An institutional experience [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2021 The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on pre-existing chronic neuromuscular junction disorders like myasthenia gravis (MG) is not known. We report three patients with pre-existing acetylcholine receptor autoantibody-positive myasthenia gravis who were infected with ...
Nitisha Goyal +3 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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BMC Neurology, 2020 Background Ocular myasthenia gravis and Graves’ ophthalmopathy are autoimmune diseases that are mediated by membrane receptors and share many identical clinical processes.
Jingqun Tang, Chao Qin
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Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2021 Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by pathologically rapid fatigue of striated muscles [1]. The main symptom of myasthenia gravis is the presence of pathological muscle weakness with involvement of the ocular, bulbar ...
N. M. Kruglyakov +8 more
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Doenças musculares no hipertiroidismo.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 1995 Hyperthyroidism may present various muscular diseases, namely thyrotoxic chronic myopathy, myasthenia gravis, disthyroid ophthalmopathy and thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.
F Pissarra +5 more
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Indonesian Journal of Cancer, 2021 Introduction: Thymoma is a neoplasm of the thymus gland which arises from the epithelial tissue. Thymoma is frequently related to various paraneoplastic syndromes, most commonly myasthenia gravis.
I Gusti Ayu Sri Mahendra Dewi +1 more
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Delayed Diagnosis of Atypical Presentation of Myasthenia Gravis
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2017 Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder affecting the neuromuscular junction, resulting in muscle fatiguability and weakness. The pathological characteristics of the disorder include ocular weakness resulting in diplopia and/or ptosis.
Moneeb Sefeldawla Mustafa +3 more
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Myasthenia gravis with ocular symptoms following a ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination: A case report
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022 Purpose: We report on the case of a 35-year-old man who developed myasthenia gravis with ocular symptoms following a ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine injection. Observations: A 35-year-old man complained of binocular diplopia one month following ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 ...
Min Chae Kang +3 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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