Myasthenia Gravis and the Thyroid Gland

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THE occurrence of thyrotoxicosis in patients with myasthenia gravis is not rare, over 90 such cases having been reported since the turn of the century.1 , 2 Various estimates place the incidence of hyperthyroidism in myasthenic patients at 3 to 6 per cent.3 , 4 However, myasthenia gravis occurs in only a fraction of 1 per cent of the thyrotoxic population.5 The two diseases often do not begin simultaneously; either one may precede the other by many months or years. In the Mayo Clinic series hyperthyroidism was noted first in 54 per cent of cases; myasthenia gravis occurred earlier in 37 per cent. Only . . .

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