Low frequency of MuSK antibody in generalized seronegative myasthenia gravis among Chinese
- 8 June 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 62 (11) , 2131-2132
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000128042.28877.c3
Abstract
During last 10 years, we collected data from 774 myasthenic patients (389 with the ocular type and 385 generalized type) at the Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital. Among patients with generalized MG, 38 (9.8%) were seronegative for AChRAb. We enrolled 26 of these patients, who had been monitored regularly; 20 were women and 6 were men (table). Twenty patients were in Osserman stage IIa, four were in IIb, and two patients were in stage III. Limb weakness was the most common …Keywords
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