Anti-MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis with childhood onset
Myasthenic syndromes are acquired diseases which unite the impairment of neuromuscular transmission with associated muscle weakness, occasional positive anti-acetylcholine or MuSK antibodies and characteristic electrodiagnostic features. We present the case of a 10-year-old girl with ocular muscle w...
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| author | Diana Epure Smaranda Nita Raluca Ioana Teleanu |
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| description | Myasthenic syndromes are acquired diseases which unite the impairment of neuromuscular transmission with associated muscle weakness, occasional positive anti-acetylcholine or MuSK antibodies and characteristic electrodiagnostic features. We present the case of a 10-year-old girl with ocular muscle weakness at onset and positive anti-MuSK antibodies, with a favorable evolution under pyridostigmine bromide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fd74a71b3e0458fa7a68f3aca66410a2022-12-22T03:18:24ZengAmaltea Medical Publishing HouseRomanian Journal of Neurology1843-81482069-60942016-06-01152949610.37897/RJN.2016.2.7Anti-MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis with childhood onsetDiana Epure0Smaranda Nita1Raluca Ioana Teleanu2“Dr. Victor Gomoiu” Children’s Hospital, Bucharest, Romania“Dr. Victor Gomoiu” Children’s Hospital, Bucharest, Romania“Dr. Victor Gomoiu” Children’s Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, RomaniaMyasthenic syndromes are acquired diseases which unite the impairment of neuromuscular transmission with associated muscle weakness, occasional positive anti-acetylcholine or MuSK antibodies and characteristic electrodiagnostic features. We present the case of a 10-year-old girl with ocular muscle weakness at onset and positive anti-MuSK antibodies, with a favorable evolution under pyridostigmine bromide.https://rjn.com.ro/articles/2016.2/RJN_2016_2_Art-07.pdfmyastheniamuskacetylcholinepyridostigminechild |
| spellingShingle | Diana Epure Smaranda Nita Raluca Ioana Teleanu Anti-MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis with childhood onset Romanian Journal of Neurology myasthenia musk acetylcholine pyridostigmine child |
| title | Anti-MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis with childhood onset |
| title_full | Anti-MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis with childhood onset |
| title_fullStr | Anti-MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis with childhood onset |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anti-MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis with childhood onset |
| title_short | Anti-MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis with childhood onset |
| title_sort | anti musk antibody positive myasthenia gravis with childhood onset |
| topic | myasthenia musk acetylcholine pyridostigmine child |
| url | https://rjn.com.ro/articles/2016.2/RJN_2016_2_Art-07.pdf |
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