Open AccessANTI-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 , neuromuscular transmission , weakness , pyridostigmine bromide , antibody , medicine , muscle weakness , neuromuscular junction , immunology , psychology , surgery , neuroscience
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.