Early onset bilateral juvenile myasthenia gravis masquerading as simple congenital ptosis

Early onset bilateral juvenile myasthenia gravis masquerading as simple congenital ptosis

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder affecting the neuromuscular junction. Ocular myasthenia gravis presents as ptosis with extraocular motility restriction and is prone to be misdiagnosed as third nerve palsy or congenital or aponeurotic ptosis. Juvenile ocular myasthenia gravis in very youn...

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Main Authors: Alam, Md. Shahid, Devi Nivean, Pratheeba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2017-03-01
Series:GMS Ophthalmology Cases
Subjects:
juvenile myasthenia
childhood myasthenia
ocular myasthenic syndrome
masquerade
congenital ptosis
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/oc/2017-7/oc000058.shtml

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