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Digital Phenotyping and Lifestyle Intervention in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis (DIG‐MG): A Randomized Controlled Trial of Feasibility, Adherence, and Effects on Fatigue

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Physical activity and sleep influence fatigue in myasthenia gravis (MG), and digital health technologies (DHT) enable objective monitoring of these behaviors in daily life. Using this approach, we evaluated whether a lifestyle intervention targeting physical activity or sleep hygiene could reduce fatigue in MG.
Maja Norling, Niclas Eriksson, Elisabet Westerberg, Ingela Nygren, Klara Norman, Julia Hedberg, Sui H. Wong, Susanna Jernelöv, Pernilla Åsenlöf, Anna Rostedt Punga   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bilateral pseudo-internuclear ophthalmoplegia in a patient with myasthenia gravis

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2018
Purpose: To report a case of myasthenia gravis presenting with a false localizing sign, a bilateral pseudo internuclear ophthalmoplegia. Observations: A 61 year-old male presented with a five-week history of painless binocular oblique diplopia that was ...
Cynthia K. McClard, Lance J. Lyons, Sushma Yalamanchili   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Vera Bril, Moira Kapral, Abhaya Kulkarni, Aileen M Davis   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment of Ocular Myasthenia Gravis

Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Myasthenia gravis is a relatively common neuromuscular disorder, with ocular myasthenia gravis being a subset defined as myasthenia gravis limited to the orbicularis, levator, and extraocular muscles. Patients with ocular myasthenia gravis can have disabling diplopia or functional blindness from ptosis and in most cases treatment is required.
openaire   +2 more sources

Alkalinised lidocaine as an anaesthetic before onabotulinumtoxinA injections. a randomised trial

BJU International, Volume 135, Issue 4, Page 638-647, April 2025.
Objectives To evaluate the effect of intravesical alkalinised lidocaine as an anaesthetic treatment on procedural pain during intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA (BTX‐A) injections for overactive bladder. Patients and Methods This single‐centre, randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled two period crossover trial was conducted on women scheduled for ...
Meryam El Issaoui, Marlene Elmelund, Niels Klarskov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brazilian cross-cultural translation and adaptation of the Questionnaire of Life Quality Specific for Myasthenia Gravis-15 items [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: To translate and to perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the Questionnaire of Life Quality Specific for Myasthenia Gravis - 15 items (MG-QOL15). Method: the original English version of the questionnaire was translated into Portuguese. This
Araujo, Caroline Martins, Barbosa, Luiz Sergio Mageste, Burns, Ted M., Gomez, Rodrigo Santiago, Lemos, Stela Maris Aguiar, Mourao, Aline Mansueto, Teixeira, Antonio Lúcio   +6 more
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Novel approaches for drug development against chronic primary pain: A systematic review

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Chronic primary pain (CPP) persisting for more than 3 months, associated with significant emotional distress without any known underlying cause, is an unmet medical need. Traditional or adjuvant analgesics do not provide satisfactory pain relief for a great proportion of these patients.
Valéria Tékus, Éva Borbély, Andreas Goebel, Ralf Baron, Zsófia Hajna, Zsuzsanna Helyes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thymic mass in an elderly male patient with myasthenia gravis: A rare presentation

Radiology Case Reports
Myasthenia gravis is an acquired neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of the extra-ocular muscles, which progresses to generalized weakness of the voluntary muscles and fatigability.
Anshul Sood, MBBS, Gaurav Vedprakash Mishra, MBBS, MD, Shreya Khandelwal, MBBS, Nishtha Manuja, MBBS, Manasa Suryadevara, MBBS   +4 more
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Hypophonia as only presenting symptom in myasthenia gravis – a diagnostic dilemma in poor countries: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Introduction The autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis can mimic a variety of neurological disorders leading to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. In the older population, due to confusion with signs of the ageing process or comorbidities due to ageing ...
Avinash Chandra, Basant Pant
doaj   +1 more source

Randomized controlled trial of intravenous dexamethasone to prevent relapse in the treatment of migraine in a pediatric emergency department

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study aimed to evaluate whether a single dose of intravenous dexamethasone, when added to standard abortive therapy, reduces relapse of migraine after emergency department (ED) discharge in children and adolescents. Background Migraine is a leading cause of headache presentations to the ED for children and adolescents.
Geneviève Tourigny‐Ruel, Benoit Bailey, Sabrina Jean‐Charles, Jocelyn Gravel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source