Myasthenia gravis and premature ovarian failure
- 14 June 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Muscle & Nerve
- Vol. 30 (2) , 231-233
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.20067
Abstract
We describe a patient who developed seropositive myasthenia gravis 16 years after she was diagnosed with autoimmune premature ovarian failure with antibodies to the receptor for follicle‐stimulating hormone (FSH). Although thymectomy led to improvement of her myasthenic symptoms, menses did not resume. Such combined seropositivity for antibodies to acetylcholine and ovarian hormone receptors in a patient with myasthenia gravis and premature ovarian failure may reflect common disease mechanisms, although the precise pathogenesis of these disorders remains ill‐defined. Muscle Nerve 30: 231–233, 2004Keywords
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