The miracle of St. Alfege’s Hospital and the history of the treatment of myasthenia gravis

Having a recent history, the neurological condition called myasthenia gravis has raised dilemmas and questions among doctors since it was first discovered in the 16th century and it has not ceased to be a challenge. Nowadays, neuroscience researchers from around the world have been striving to perf...

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Main Authors: Cristina Croitoru, Dana Turliuc, Florentina Danciu, A. Cucu, Claudia Costea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: London Academic Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:Romanian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/973
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spelling doaj-c5cc5b0d3af64bc5b982d6c4d47a0cd82020-11-25T01:13:04ZengLondon Academic PublishingRomanian Neurosurgery1220-88412344-49592017-03-01311The miracle of St. Alfege’s Hospital and the history of the treatment of myasthenia gravisCristina CroitoruDana TurliucFlorentina DanciuA. CucuClaudia Costea Having a recent history, the neurological condition called myasthenia gravis has raised dilemmas and questions among doctors since it was first discovered in the 16th century and it has not ceased to be a challenge. Nowadays, neuroscience researchers from around the world have been striving to perfect a modern treatment of this condition. Our paper is an incursion into the past, more precisely into the history of the treatment of this disease, from its origin to date, when immunological therapy has progressed. https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/973myasthenia gravistreatment of myasthenia gravishistory of medicine
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author Cristina Croitoru
Dana Turliuc
Florentina Danciu
A. Cucu
Claudia Costea
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Dana Turliuc
Florentina Danciu
A. Cucu
Claudia Costea
The miracle of St. Alfege’s Hospital and the history of the treatment of myasthenia gravis
Romanian Neurosurgery
myasthenia gravis
treatment of myasthenia gravis
history of medicine
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Dana Turliuc
Florentina Danciu
A. Cucu
Claudia Costea
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title The miracle of St. Alfege’s Hospital and the history of the treatment of myasthenia gravis
title_short The miracle of St. Alfege’s Hospital and the history of the treatment of myasthenia gravis
title_full The miracle of St. Alfege’s Hospital and the history of the treatment of myasthenia gravis
title_fullStr The miracle of St. Alfege’s Hospital and the history of the treatment of myasthenia gravis
title_full_unstemmed The miracle of St. Alfege’s Hospital and the history of the treatment of myasthenia gravis
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publisher London Academic Publishing
series Romanian Neurosurgery
issn 1220-8841
2344-4959
publishDate 2017-03-01
description Having a recent history, the neurological condition called myasthenia gravis has raised dilemmas and questions among doctors since it was first discovered in the 16th century and it has not ceased to be a challenge. Nowadays, neuroscience researchers from around the world have been striving to perfect a modern treatment of this condition. Our paper is an incursion into the past, more precisely into the history of the treatment of this disease, from its origin to date, when immunological therapy has progressed.
topic myasthenia gravis
treatment of myasthenia gravis
history of medicine
url https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/973
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