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A Core Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy Syllabus for Physical Therapy Student Education

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Head, neck, and neuroanatomy are essential components of physical therapy education due to their broad clinical applications. Detailed syllabi exist for medical students, yet none have been developed for physical therapy. This study aimed to produce an International Federation of Associations of Anatomists core head, neck, and neuroanatomy ...
Stephanie J. Woodley, Brooke Willoughby, Alexandra L. Webb, Natasha A. M. S. Flack, Laura Y. Whitburn   +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
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Myasthenia gravis patients with anti-MuSK antibodies [Miastenija gravis kod bolesnika s pozitivnim protutijelima na MuSK] [PDF]

, 2009
In myasthenia gravis (MG) patients without detectable anti-acetylcholine receptor (anti-AChR) antibody, referred to as seronegative myasthenia gravis patients, there is a variable proportion of patients with antibodies against the muscle specific kinase (
Bilić, Ervina, Trbojević Čepe, Milica, Vogrinc, Željka, Vranješ, Davorka, Šoštarko, Marija, Žagar, Marija   +5 more
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Ruolo delle heat shock proteins nella patogenesi della miastenia gravis [PDF]

, 2010
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscolar junction mediated by specific antibodies to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Several clinical and experimental studies have confirmed that the HSPs are involved in the process of
MARINO GAMMAZZA, Antonella, ZUMMO, Leila
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Experience Using Efgartigimod to Treat Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis in China: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Current therapeutic management of juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) predominantly relies on conventional immunosuppressive therapies and expert consensus extrapolated from adult data, creating a critical gap in high‐quality, pediatric‐specific clinical evidence.
Jing Lin, Guoyan Qi, Susan Luo, Qilong Jiang, Bitao Bu, Min Liu, Yuzhen Wei, Meigui Han, Junhong Yang, Zhilan Zhao, Lili Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Haoyou Xu, Xingjie Hao, Zhijun Li   +14 more
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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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Increased Prevalence of Extrathymic Neoplasms in Myasthenia Gravis Patients‐A Population‐Based, Matched Case–Control Study

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Myasthenia gravis (MG) is associated with thymic neoplasms. However, an increased prevalence of extrathymic neoplasms has also been reported. This study aimed to evaluate the rates of malignancy in MG patients while accounting for risk factors such as disease characteristics and immunomodulatory treatments.
Keshet Pardo, Tasneem Kab, Mark A. Hellmann, Itay Lotan, Tzippy Shochat, Nadav Loebl, Bar Yacobi, Yitzhak Friedman, Leor Perl, Nitai Shimon, Yiska Loewenberg Weisband, Liya Bieber, Eitan Auriel, Adi Wilf‐Yarkoni   +13 more
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Pure Ocular Myasthenia gravis [PDF]

Neurology International Open, 2018
AbstractPure ocular myasthenia was always described as a separate entity in historical publications. More than 50% of patients develop generalized symptoms in the course of the disease. Therefore pure ocular symptoms can be the beginning of generalized myasthenia, nevertheless there is a small group of patients who suffer lifelong purely ocular ...
Lukas Kirzinger, Sophie Schötz, Berthold Schalke   +2 more
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Long-term safety and efficacy of eculizumab in generalized myasthenia gravis [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction: Eculizumab is effective and well tolerated in patients with antiacetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG; REGAIN; NCT01997229). We report an interim analysis of an open-label extension of REGAIN,
Andersen, Henning, Barohn, Richard J, Benatar, Michael, Burns, Ted M, Casasnovas, Carlos, De Bleecker, Jan, Fujita, Kenji P, Howard, James F, Jr., Illa, Isabel, Jacob, Saiju, Kissel, John T, Mantegazza, Renato, Muppidi, Srikanth, Murai, Hiroyuki, Nowak, Richard J, O'Brien, Fanny L, Utsugisawa, Kimiaki, Vissing, John, Vu, Tuan H, Wang, Jing Jing   +19 more
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The Effect of Thymectomy on the Incidence of Extrathymic Cancers and Autoimmune Diseases in Patients With Non‐Thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Thymectomy is associated with positive effects on myasthenia gravis (MG), but there is conflicting evidence regarding potential deleterious long‐term outcomes, such as increased cancer and autoimmune disease risk. We aimed to assess these outcomes in thymectomized versus non‐thymectomized MG patients.
Mohamed Khateb, Adnan Almasri, Carolina Barnett‐Tapia, Vera Bril   +3 more
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