Increased Prevalence of Myasthenia Gravis in a Cohort of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Antônio Miguel Furtado Leitão,
Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim,
Florian Patrick Thomas
et al.
Abstract:Background. Co-morbid auto-immune disorders may affect 0.2% of the population. We evaluated the association between myasthenia gravis and inflammatory bowel disease.
Methods. We present the epidemiological, clinical and electrodiagnostic findings of one patient with ulcerative colitis and three with Crohn’s disease (from a Brazilian cohort of 606 patients) and co-morbid myasthenia gravis.
Results.Mean age of onset of inflammatory bowel disease was 33.5+2.7, and patients are currently 45.8+7.3 years old. Two … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.