Effect of Immunosuppression in Risk of Developing Generalized Symptoms in Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
Deepak Menon,
Mohammed Alharbi,
Hans D. Katzberg
et al.
Abstract:Backgrounds and ObjectivesEarly use of immunosuppression has been suggested to prevent generalization of ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG), but high-quality evidence is limited in this regard. We examined whether treatment with prednisone and other immunosuppressants reduce the risk of generalization in OMG.
MethodsThis is a retrospective study of consecutive adults with pure OMG who had a minimum 6 months of follow-up. The main outcome was the time to developing generalized symptoms. We used propensity scores to… Show more
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