Myasthenia gravis is a disease characterized by muscular weakness and fatigability which afflicts 2-10 patients per 100,000 with 20% of cases presenting in childhood. Muscles innervated by cranial nerves are frequently involved with ptosis and diplopia being the most frequent presenting complaints. We review the literature and report a case of a 20-month-old infant presenting with inspiratory s...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease in which antibodies are directed against the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction, resulting in muscle weakness and fatigability. Juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is a rare condition of childhood and has many clinical features that are distinct from adult MG. Prepubertal children in particular have a higher prevalence of isolated oc...

objective the guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) is characterized by the acute onset of rapidlyprogressive, symmetric muscle  weakness with absent or decreased deep tendon reflexes. gbs is the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis in childhood, with an incidence of 0.6-4 per 100 000 population per year. the clinical features are distinct and obtaining patient's history and conducting an exami...

myasthenia crisis is the most dangerous complication of myasthenia gravis. we report one case in which a continuous infusion of pyridostigmine resulted in successful management of myasthenia exacerbation in a 50 year old myasthenic female following thymectomy.

background: myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular junction characterized by skeletal muscle weakness and fatigability. different genes may control the induction and clinical presentation of this disease. various hla alleles are reported as predisposing or protective genetic elements in myasthenia gravis. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the probable ass...

A variety of neuromuscular disorders has been described in adults in association with overactivity of the thyroid (Millikan and Haines, 1953; Ramsay, 1966; Engel, 1972). The most common of these disorders is a chronic myopathy, characterized by muscular atrophy and weakness involving predominantly proximal muscles (Adams and Rosman, 1971). The myopathic symptoms may precede the symptoms of thyr...

Background: Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular junction characterized by skeletal muscle weakness and fatigability. Different genes may control the induction and clinical presentation of this disease. Various HLA alleles are reported as predisposing or protective genetic elements in myasthenia gravis. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the probable as...

  Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy is an autoimmune disease with progressive and relapsing courses. The main clinical presentations are diffuse deep tendon hyporeflexia or areflexia and symmetric proximal-distal muscles weakness. Myasthenia gravis is also an immune mediated disease with fluctuating ocular and bulbar symptoms and sometimes weakness. Although both myasthenia grav...