Open AccessTo the casuistry of myasthenia (myasthenia gravis)
Author(s) -
Alida-Elizaveta G. Shuler
Publication year - 1908
Publication title -
nevrologičeskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2304-3067
pISSN - 1027-4898
DOI - 10.17816/nb100188
Subject(s) - myasthenia gravis , casuistry , paresis , medicine , weakness , paralysis , neuromuscular disease , disease , muscle disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pediatrics , surgery , pathology , philosophy , theology
Before describing the patient observed by me with myasthenic paralysis or myasthenia gravis, I allow myself to report some data on this rather rare disease, noticed 15-20 years ago. Myasth. gravis is clinically expressed in rapid and severe fatigue and weakness of voluntary muscles, reaching paresis and temporary paralysis.
Despite a significant number of observations (more than 200) and despite more than 50 autopsies, the essence of the disease has not yet been clarified, and the question has not been resolved whether to classify myasthenia gravis as an independent disease, or to look at it only as a symptom complex.