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1490316

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
A 31-year-old woman noticed progressive muscular weakness in the limbs and paresthesia in the fingers in February 1989. Paresthesia worsened and improved 4 times during 2 months. Intravenous edrophonium chloride failed to improve her muscular weakness. She had high antiacetylcholine receptor antibody titer in serum. We made a diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) because of slow nerve conduction velocity (NCV), increased CSF protein, and the clinical course. Treatment with prednisolone improved muscular weakness and the slow NCV. Two years later she acutely had dyspnea, dysphagia, and muscular weakness after upper respiratory infection. Intravenous edrophonium chloride dramatically improved her symptoms. The diagnosis was made as myasthenia gravis (MG). After thymectomy her weakness was getting better without any medications. There may exist an autoimmune mechanism common, at least in part, to both CIDP and MG in our patient.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0009-918X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
878-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of myasthenia gravis occurring in the period of remission of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Medical College.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports