1999
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000300030
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Miastenia grave: aspectos históricos

Abstract: RESUMO -Foram pesquisados aspectos históricos da miastenia grave desde as primeiras descrições da doença em 1672, pelo clínico inglês Thomas Willis. São descritas as dificuldades encontradas no manuseio dos primeiros pacientes diagnosticados. Pesquisaram-se fatos históricos ligados à investigação da doença, o tratamento, bem como curiosidades pouco citadas na literatura. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: miastenia grave, história. Myasthenia gravis: historical aspectsABSTRACT -We studied historical aspects of myasthenia gravis … Show more

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“…In the past, myasthenia gravis (MG) was considered a disease unresponsive to therapy and associated to high mortality rates. This situation began to change in 1934, when physostigmine was used by Mary Broadfoot Walker, as an anticholinesterase agent to MG treatment [1][2][3][4] . Since then, other drugs acting as anticholinesterase agents, analogues of physostigmine, were developed [2][3][4][5][6] .…”
Section: Historical Notementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In the past, myasthenia gravis (MG) was considered a disease unresponsive to therapy and associated to high mortality rates. This situation began to change in 1934, when physostigmine was used by Mary Broadfoot Walker, as an anticholinesterase agent to MG treatment [1][2][3][4] . Since then, other drugs acting as anticholinesterase agents, analogues of physostigmine, were developed [2][3][4][5][6] .…”
Section: Historical Notementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This situation began to change in 1934, when physostigmine was used by Mary Broadfoot Walker, as an anticholinesterase agent to MG treatment [1][2][3][4] . Since then, other drugs acting as anticholinesterase agents, analogues of physostigmine, were developed [2][3][4][5][6] . The first of them was neostigmine, which was the drug of choice to treat MG for years [3][4][5][6][7] .…”
Section: Historical Notementioning
confidence: 99%