Familial myasthenia gravis: report of four cases
Two pairs of siblings with myasthenia gravis, belonging to two different families, are reported. This is the only record of familial myasthenia during the past twenty years, in a total of 145 patients seen at the Neurological Clinic of the São Paulo Medical School. In spite of the fact that myasthen...
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
1976-09-01
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| description | Two pairs of siblings with myasthenia gravis, belonging to two different families, are reported. This is the only record of familial myasthenia during the past twenty years, in a total of 145 patients seen at the Neurological Clinic of the São Paulo Medical School. In spite of the fact that myasthenia gravis does not show hereditary characteristics, the peculiar features of the four cases justify the present report. The two pairs of siblings were born from non myasthenic nor consanguineous parents. The disease started at birth showing bilateral partial eyelid ptosis in all patients. The course of the illness has been favorable. There was no thymoma. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09737a9df545476392aaf7821945b2f52022-12-21T17:56:45ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271976-09-0134321522210.1590/S0004-282X1976000300001S0004-282X1976000300001Familial myasthenia gravis: report of four casesJosé Lamartine de Assis0Milberto Scaff1Universidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloTwo pairs of siblings with myasthenia gravis, belonging to two different families, are reported. This is the only record of familial myasthenia during the past twenty years, in a total of 145 patients seen at the Neurological Clinic of the São Paulo Medical School. In spite of the fact that myasthenia gravis does not show hereditary characteristics, the peculiar features of the four cases justify the present report. The two pairs of siblings were born from non myasthenic nor consanguineous parents. The disease started at birth showing bilateral partial eyelid ptosis in all patients. The course of the illness has been favorable. There was no thymoma.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1976000300001&lng=en&tlng=en |
| spellingShingle | José Lamartine de Assis Milberto Scaff Familial myasthenia gravis: report of four cases Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| title | Familial myasthenia gravis: report of four cases |
| title_full | Familial myasthenia gravis: report of four cases |
| title_fullStr | Familial myasthenia gravis: report of four cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Familial myasthenia gravis: report of four cases |
| title_short | Familial myasthenia gravis: report of four cases |
| title_sort | familial myasthenia gravis report of four cases |
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