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Myasthenia gravis and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in two adolescents
1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China.
Zhonghua Minguo Wei Sheng Wu Ji Mian Yi Xue Za Zhi = Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
|February 1, 1989
Abstract:
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) has rarely, if ever, been reported to be an autoimmune disease associated with myasthenia gravis (MG). Two Chinese patients, one of whom was successfully treated with cyclosporin A (CyA) are reported, with discussion of pathophysiologic mechanisms involved and rationale for the treatment used.