BACKGROUND Ocular and childhood myasthenia gravis (MG) cases seem relatively more common in Oriental than in Caucasian populations, but there have been no comprehensive serological studies on patients from mainland China. METHODS 391 unselected patients with MG attending Tongji Hospital in WuHan (the largest hospital in the province of HuBei, China) were studied during a 15-month period; most...

HLA antigens in 104 Japanese patients and 41 families with myasthenia gravis (MG) were investigated. The frequencies of DR9 and DRw13 were significantly increased in the patients who developed MG before 3 yr of age. The DQw3 antigen was positive for all the patients that developed MG before 15 yr with only one exception. All the examined cases that developed MG before 3 yr (including this DQw3 ...

background and aims:  myasthenia gravis (mg) is a chronic autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission resulting in muscle weakness. while mg reportedly occurs in all ethnic groups, relative differences in disease prevalence are yet to be determined. the aim of this study was evaluation  of incidance and other disorders with it in kerman province of iran. methods: all patients with mg that...

Background: Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction that results in fluctuating muscle weakness as well significant fatigue. Disease exacerbation a critical condition, and predisposing factors for it need to be identified improve preventive measures. Objectives: Our study aims determine myasthenia exacerbations group Iraqi patients. Subjects Methods: A total num...

when stretcher came to unit and i was put in my bed, nursing personnel of surgical ward said to me hello. i had seen their face from yesterday night when they were transferring patients from emergency ward to this unit.  in that time, i had the role of emergency ward assistant manager. today, i am a weak patient that even is unable for smallest movement. cause of my admission to hospital is mus...

background: several concomitant disorders especially thyroid abnormalities have been reported in patients with myasthenia gravis (mg). we aimed to estimate the frequency and pattern of thyroid disorders in iranian patients with mg.all consecutive patients with mg referred to neurology clinic of rasool-e-akram hospital during 2006-2007 were enrolled. methods: all patients underwent clinical asse...

A 79-year-old man with previous bulbar poliomyelitis developed dysphagia and was diagnosed as having post-polio syndrome. Over 2 years, his swallowing deteriorated and he suffered an aspiration pneumonia. Only after the subsequent development of fatigue and facial weakness was myasthenia gravis diagnosed. Diagnostic criteria for post-polio syndrome include the exclusion of all other neurologica...

Twenty-one of 29 patients suffering from myasthenia gravis derived benefit from a short intensive course of adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH). The mean duration of benefit was approximately six months. The best results were obtained in patients with a short history of myasthenia. Transient deterioration during the course of injections was encountered in some cases but necessitated assisted respiratio...

We report a 71-year-old woman with concomitant ocular myasthenia gravis and euthyroid Graves' ophthalmopathy. Unilateral ophthalmoplegia, including ptosis, initially was responsive to edrophonium and corticosteroids, except for diplopia on upward gaze, but refractory swelling of the inferior rectus muscle and proptosis followed. Autoantibodies to acetylcholine and thyrotropin receptors were det...