Myasthenic crisis: Clinical features, complications and mortality
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Myasthenic crisis: clinical features, complications and mortality.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Myasthenic crisis is a life-threatening complication of myasthenia gravis (MG) and when treated aggressively is associated with good outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective study of case records of patients with episodes of myasthenic crisis. RESULTS Twenty-one (22%) of the 95 patients with MG (9 with thymoma), experienced 23 episodes of myasthenic crisis, 3 (3...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology India
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0028-3886
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.15050