1987
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1987000400004
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Miastenia grave: avaliação clinica e terapêutica de 55 casos

Abstract: A miastenia grave (MG) é considerada atualmente doença autoimune apresentando anticorpos anti-receptores para acetilcolina na membrana pós--sináptica 2,[23][24][25][28][29][30]39,49,76,77,80,91 , cuja etiologia ainda não está definida 2,28,44,86. A apresentação clínica inicia-se geralmente por comprometimento da musculatura ocular extrínseca e musculatura proximal dos membros superiores, embora pequena proporção de casos fuja a esta regra 23,30,49,77,80 . O diagnóstico pode ser suspeitado em bases clínicas e… Show more

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“…Another patient with juvenile MG underwent thymectomy after MC. In our study, as well as others 16 , there were no statistically significant differences in outcome between the thymectomized and non-thymectomized groups. In the final evaluation all the patients who did not undergo a thymectomy were either partially or fully controlled while 12 thymectomized patients had a similar outcome (Table 5).…”
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confidence: 71%
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“…Another patient with juvenile MG underwent thymectomy after MC. In our study, as well as others 16 , there were no statistically significant differences in outcome between the thymectomized and non-thymectomized groups. In the final evaluation all the patients who did not undergo a thymectomy were either partially or fully controlled while 12 thymectomized patients had a similar outcome (Table 5).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 71%
“…The role of thymectomy in the natural history of MG is a matter of continuous discussion since its introduction as a treatment option in MG [16][17][18] . Some series show that of 74 thymectomized patients as many as 34 patients have complete remission of their symptoms and 36 patients had substantial improvement 17 .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…A maioria dos autores relata que a doença pode ter início em qualquer idade, desde recém-nascidos até indivíduos com mais de 70 anos [2][3][4]6,8,10,[12][13][14][15]20,23,24,26,27,43 . Assis estudou 372 pacientes com média de idade de 23 anos para sexo feminino e 30 anos para o masculino 1 .…”
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“…com esforço, melhora com repouso e drogas anticolinesterásicas [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] . Apresenta-se sob as formas congênita familial ou esporádica, neonatal e congênita e auto-imune adquirida.…”
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