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[Childhood myasthenia. Clinical picture and therapeutic results]
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This study analyzed 37 childhood myasthenia cases, finding thymectomy improved severe infantile myasthenia in 72% of patients. Congenital and infantile forms were detailed, excluding transient newborn cases.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Neurology
- Immunology
Abstract:
The paper contains an analysis of 37 cases of myasthenia beginning in childhood, including 3 cases of congenital myasthenia and 34 cases of infantile myasthenia. The cases of transient myasthenia of newborns, were excluded. The age of patients at the onset of the disease, diagnostic difficulties, clinical course and therapeutic results are discussed. Surgical treatment (thymectomy) was performed in 24 cases with severe clinical course and improvement was achieved in 17 cases (72%). In 13 cases conservative treatment was applied. The weights and the histological findings in exised thymus are presented.