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3944702

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
Signs of myasthenia gravis developed by age 3 years in 11 children. Six of these patients had persistent neonatal myasthenia gravis, a familial abnormality of neuromuscular transmission that is not immunologically mediated. Five patients had juvenile onset myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder similar to myasthenia gravis in adults. Autoimmune myasthenia has rarely been recognized by age 3 years, but the presence of five cases in our series suggests that the disorder may be more common in young children than once believed. The development of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody assays makes it easier to distinguish autoimmune myasthenia gravis from the congenital forms. This distinction is important, because the prognosis, treatment, and risk of recurrence in family members is different for each type of myasthenia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3476
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Early-onset myasthenia gravis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports