MG, myasthenia gravis
Original Article White blood cell count to mean platelet volume ratio (WMR) are positively correlated with disability in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG)
... of myasthenia gravis (MG), we aimed to evaluate diagnostic information of admission WMR and the relationship between admission WMR and disease disability and progression in patients with ...with ...
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What is the role of adipokines in myasthenia gravis?
... with MG: Myasthenia Gravis Composite (MG Composite), Myasthenia Gravis-Specific Activities of Daily Living, and Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life 15 ...
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The MG CompositeA valid and reliable outcome measure for myasthenia gravis
... research support from Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Knopp Neuro- sciences Inc., and the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. Dr. Sanders has served/serves as a consultant for Accordant Health Service, ...
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The Epidemiology of Myasthenia Gravis in Korea
... of MG cases and new MG cases for diagnostic ...be MG specialists in ...of MG visit at least one of these three kinds of medical specialists in ...why MG cases could not be determined ...
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Marathons and myasthenia gravis: a case report
... 60 mg of pyri- dostigmine every 90 min (max daily dose 720 ...to MG diagnosis and main- tained a combined weekly running distance of 70 ...his MG, he was unable to do a single push-up at diagnosis ...
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Myasthenia gravis: a pathologic approach
... Transfection of immunoglobulin genes in human embryonic kidney (HEK)-cell line To transfect the immunoglobulin genes obtained from MuSK-MG patients blood, these genes had first to be placed in vectors. A vector is ...
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Epitopes on the beta subunit of human muscle acetylcholine receptor recognized by CD4+ cells of myasthenia gravis patients and healthy subjects
... in myasthenia gravis (MG), using overlapping synthetic peptides, 20 residues long, which screened the sequence of the AChR beta ...from MG patients' blood did not respond to the peptides, we ...
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An up-date on health-related quality of life in myasthenia gravis -results from population based cohorts
... ocular MG is supported by another study of 91 ocular Italian MG patients ...ocular MG patients in those who not responded to therapy ...ocular MG includes several symp- toms (ptosis, diplopia, ...
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Myasthenia gravis: past, present, and future
... Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune syndrome caused by the failure of neuromuscular transmission, which results from the binding of autoantibodies to proteins involved in signaling at the ...
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Phenotypic and functional characterization of T cells from patients with myasthenia gravis
... of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients showed that their T cells had a significantly higher percentage of 4B4+ T cells (the helper/inducer subset) than age- and sex-matched ...of MG patients ...
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Advances in Research on the Relationship Between Intestinal Flora and Myasthenia Gravis
... of MG has both environmental and genetic factors and the specific factors that cause susceptibility to remain challenging to ...of myasthenia gravis has caused many scholars to think and pay ...
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MANAGEMENT OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS IN PREGNANCY
... counseling MG mothers, arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and its high risk of recurrence need to be discussed among the possible ...of MG symptoms in the mother does not guarantee the birth of a normal ...
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International consensus guidance for management of myasthenia gravisExecutive summary
... the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America appointed a Task Force to develop treatment guidance for MG, and a panel of 15 international experts was ...lar MG, impending crisis, crisis, and ...
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Autoimmune T lymphocytes in myasthenia gravis Determination of target epitopes using T lines and recombinant products of the mouse nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene
... myasthenia gravis (MG) were selected for reactivity against nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChR) from Torpedo california, or against a recombinant fusion peptide, X4, representing the ...
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Monitoring diaphragm function in a patient with myasthenia gravis: electrical activity of the diaphragm vs. maximal inspiratory pressure
... ΔE-di may potentially be a better, more reliable indicator of the recovery of diaphragmatic function in MG patients than MIP. Respiratory failure requiring mechanical venti- lation is a severe complication of ...
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Myasthenia gravis with antibodies to muscle-specific kinase : clinical characteristics, epidemiology, and immunological aspects
... patiënten met SNMG. Met behulp van alleen het symptoom dat het allereerst optrad kon geen onderscheid gemaakt worden tussen de verschillende vormen van MG. Gedurende de duur van dit onderzoek werd ook een andere ...
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Myasthenia gravis
... SFEMG should be performed in a clinically weak muscle whenever possible. In many laboratories, the extensor dig- itorum communis (EDC) is studied initially. If the find- ings are normal in the EDC, a facial muscle should ...
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A REVIEW ON MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
... Edrophonium or tensilon test: The drug edrophonium is very commonly used for testing the improvement in the muscle strength. Edrophonium is a short acting and rapid acting anticholinesterase inhibitor that is it starts ...
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Association of neonatal myasthenia gravis with antibodies against the fetal acetylcholine receptor
... with myasthenia gravis (MG) and in their newborns using human fetus and normal adult muscle AChR ...transmitted MG to their neonates with, in three cases, antenatal ...neonatal MG (NMG) ...
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Animal models of myasthenia gravis: utility and limitations
... developed MG-like ...in MG patients against muscle AChR and that anti-AChR antibodies were responsible for the struc- tural and functional damage of the ...autoimmune MG (EAMG) has represented an ...
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