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Genetic forms of myasthenia gravis
1Department of Neurology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37212.
Pediatric Neurology
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
Myasthenia in newborns and infants is usually genetic and not mediated by antibodies to the acetylcholine receptor. Several different pre- and postsynaptic defects are responsible for early-onset myasthenia. This review presents a classification of these syndromes based upon knowledge of their pathophysiologic bases and a plan for the evaluation of new patients.