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Familial Early Infantile Myasthenia Gravis
Author(s) -
BORNSTEIN B.
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1953.tb03641.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myasthenia gravis , pediatrics , eyelid , dermatology , surgery
Summary A report is given of two cases mdash; two children of a healthy mother mdash; who acquired myasthenia. The disease appeared in both cases, in the third month of their life. At the age of five and seven years respectively, typical symptoms were present, affecting the eyelid, face and chewing muscles. Prostigmin improved the symptoms.