Myasthenic Crisis Complicated with Myxedema, Positive for Both Anti-acetylcholine Receptor and Anti-muscle-specific Tyrosine Kinase Antibodies

We herein report the case of myasthenic crisis occurring in a 51-year-old man. He had experienced ptosis, increased body weight with edema, and fatigue with dyspnea. He presented at our emergency department with disturbed consciousness. He was originally diagnosed with myxedema coma, and he required...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal Medicine 2018/01/15, Vol.57(2), pp.265-268
Hauptverfasser: Horiuchi, Kazuhiro, Nagai, Azusa, Wakita, Masahiro, Ito, Shotaro, Takamura, Kei, Houzen, Hideki
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