MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

27 January 1934

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 102 (4) , 259-261
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1934.02750040001001

Abstract

Between April, 1932, and May, 1933, We have had at the Mayo Clinic twelve cases of myasthenia gravis. At the recent meeting of the Association of American Physicians I reported¹in considerable detail the results we had obtained by treatment in these cases with ephedrine and glycine (the amino acid glycine, to be differentiated from the photographic developer glycin). This can be briefly summarized as follows: Ten of the patients definitely improved on treatment with glycine and ephedrine; of the ten who improved, all have been able to be up and about and, with the exception of two of the oldest (one woman, aged 79, and one man, aged 69), they have been able to carry on light work; four of the ten showed very marked improvement, one of whom received glycine alone without ephedrine; in two the only result was cessation in the downward progress of the disease

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THE EFFECT OF EPHEDRINE IN THE TREATMENT OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: SECOND REPORT
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1933