Coexistence of Pernicious Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis—A Rare Combination of Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan
About 5-10% of patients with myasthenia gravis concomitantly have other autoimmune diseases. However, the coexistence of myasthenia gravis and pernicious anemia is rare. Here, we report a 73-year-old Taiwanese woman who developed myasthenia gravis 5 months after the onset of pernicious anemia. Her m...
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| author | Kuo-Hsuan Chang Rong-Kuo Lyu Long-Sun Ro Yih-Ru Wu Chiung-Mei Chen |
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| description | About 5-10% of patients with myasthenia gravis concomitantly have other autoimmune diseases. However, the coexistence of myasthenia gravis and pernicious anemia is rare. Here, we report a 73-year-old Taiwanese woman who developed myasthenia gravis 5 months after the onset of pernicious anemia. Her myasthenic and pernicious anemia symptoms markedly improved after pyridostigmine, prednisolone and hydroxo-cobalamine treatment. It is important to recognize concurrence of myasthenia gravis and pernicious anemia in the same patient because the therapeutic results for both diseases are rewarding. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19e11794bad0443995a39c581353460b2022-12-22T00:52:40ZengElsevierJournal of the Formosan Medical Association0929-66462006-01-011051194694910.1016/S0929-6646(09)60181-9Coexistence of Pernicious Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis—A Rare Combination of Autoimmune Diseases in TaiwanKuo-Hsuan Chang0Rong-Kuo Lyu1Long-Sun Ro2Yih-Ru Wu3Chiung-Mei Chen4Section of Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University College of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanSection of Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University College of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanSection of Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University College of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanSection of Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University College of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanSection of Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University College of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanAbout 5-10% of patients with myasthenia gravis concomitantly have other autoimmune diseases. However, the coexistence of myasthenia gravis and pernicious anemia is rare. Here, we report a 73-year-old Taiwanese woman who developed myasthenia gravis 5 months after the onset of pernicious anemia. Her myasthenic and pernicious anemia symptoms markedly improved after pyridostigmine, prednisolone and hydroxo-cobalamine treatment. It is important to recognize concurrence of myasthenia gravis and pernicious anemia in the same patient because the therapeutic results for both diseases are rewarding.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664609601819myasthenia gravispernicious anemia |
| spellingShingle | Kuo-Hsuan Chang Rong-Kuo Lyu Long-Sun Ro Yih-Ru Wu Chiung-Mei Chen Coexistence of Pernicious Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis—A Rare Combination of Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan Journal of the Formosan Medical Association myasthenia gravis pernicious anemia |
| title | Coexistence of Pernicious Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis—A Rare Combination of Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan |
| title_full | Coexistence of Pernicious Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis—A Rare Combination of Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Coexistence of Pernicious Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis—A Rare Combination of Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coexistence of Pernicious Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis—A Rare Combination of Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan |
| title_short | Coexistence of Pernicious Anemia and Myasthenia Gravis—A Rare Combination of Autoimmune Diseases in Taiwan |
| title_sort | coexistence of pernicious anemia and myasthenia gravis a rare combination of autoimmune diseases in taiwan |
| topic | myasthenia gravis pernicious anemia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664609601819 |
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