Anti-musk antibody after thymectomy in a previously seropositive myasthenic child

Neurology. 2007 Aug 21;69(8):803-4. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000267694.45244.f4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Myasthenia Gravis / blood
  • Myasthenia Gravis / immunology*
  • Myasthenia Gravis / therapy*
  • Neuromuscular Junction / immunology*
  • Pyridostigmine Bromide / therapeutic use
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / immunology*
  • Receptors, Cholinergic / immunology*
  • Thymectomy / adverse effects*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Receptors, Cholinergic
  • MUSK protein, human
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Pyridostigmine Bromide
  • Methylprednisolone