A retrospective review of 15 patients with familial myasthenia gravis over a period of 25 years

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 771-777

  Feng, Hui Yu ^a   Liu, Wei Bin ^a   Luo, Chuan Ming ^a   Yang, Li Xuan ^a   Fang, Wei ^b   Qiu, Li ^a   Huang, Xin ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Huang, Ru Xun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family history; Immunosuppressive agents; Myasthenia gravis; Thymectomy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EYE DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBODIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 84863988675     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0818-7     Document Type: Review

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