Juvenile seropositive myasthenia gravis with anti-MuSK antibody after thymectomy

We report the case of a 17.5-year old girl with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG). When she was 13, she started to complain of episodic diplopia, ptosis and mild fatigability of upper and lower extremity muscles. She was diagnosed with MG 3 years later, after exacerbation of her limb muscle weaknes...

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Published in:Journal of neurology 2009-10, Vol.256 (10), p.1780-1781
Main Authors: Kostera-Pruszczyk, Anna, Kwiecinski, Hubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Autoantibodies - blood
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Letter to the Editors
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Myasthenia Gravis - blood
Myasthenia Gravis - surgery
Myasthenia Gravis - therapy
Neurology
Neuroradiology
Neurosciences
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases - immunology
Receptors, Cholinergic - immunology
Thymectomy
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:We report the case of a 17.5-year old girl with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG). When she was 13, she started to complain of episodic diplopia, ptosis and mild fatigability of upper and lower extremity muscles. She was diagnosed with MG 3 years later, after exacerbation of her limb muscle weakness. Acetylcholine receptor antibody was positive (2.56 nmol/l, n  
ISSN:0340-5354
1432-1459
DOI:10.1007/s00415-009-5215-2