ANTI-MUSK ANTIBODY POSITIVE MYASTHENIA GRAVIS WITH CHILDHOOD ONSET | Zendy

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ANTI-MUSK ANTIBODY POSITIVE MYASTHENIA GRAVIS WITH CHILDHOOD ONSET

Author(s) -

Diana Epure,

Smaranda Niță,

Raluca Ioana Teleanu

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

romanian journal of neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2069-6094

pISSN - 1843-8148

DOI - 10.37897/rjn.2016.2.7

Subject(s) - myasthenia gravis , pyridostigmine , weakness , neuromuscular transmission , pyridostigmine bromide , medicine , antibody , muscle weakness , pediatrics , immunology , surgery

Myasthenic syndromes are acquired diseases which unite the impairment of neuromuscular transmission with associated muscle weakness, occasional positive anti-acetylcholine or MuSK antibodies and characteristic electrodiagnostic features. We present the case of a ten year old girl with ocular muscle weakness at onset and positive anti-MuSK antibodies, with a favorable evolution under pyridostigmine bromide.

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