Anti-MuSK Myasthenia Gravis Presenting With Purely Ocular Findings
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Anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis presenting with purely ocular findings.
BACKGROUND Antibodies to a muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) have been found in approximately 40% of patients with generalized myasthenia gravis who are seronegative for the antiacetylcholine receptor antibody. Many of the patients with anti-MuSK antibodies have prominent oculobulbar symptoms or weakness of the neck and respiratory muscles, but patients with ocular myasthenia have...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.6.1002