Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis in a baby born to a mother with new-onset anti-MuSK-mediated myasthenia gravis

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-71

  O'Carroll, Peter ^a   Bertorini, Tulio E ^a   Jacob, Glady ^a   Mitchell, Christopher W ^a   Graff, Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Tupelo Neurology Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

MuSK antibodies; Neonatal myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MUSK; NEOSTIGMINE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIPLOPIA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MUSCLE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, NEONATAL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 75149192302     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e3181a78280     Document Type: Article

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