Nonresponsiveness to anticholinesterase agents in patients with MuSK-antibody-positive MG

Neurology. 2005 Nov 8;65(9):1508-9. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000183145.91579.74.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Causality
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Disease Progression
  • Drug Resistance / immunology*
  • Edrophonium / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myasthenia Gravis / blood
  • Myasthenia Gravis / drug therapy*
  • Myasthenia Gravis / immunology*
  • Patient Selection
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Pyridostigmine Bromide / adverse effects
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / immunology*
  • Receptors, Cholinergic / immunology*

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Receptors, Cholinergic
  • Edrophonium
  • MUSK protein, human
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Pyridostigmine Bromide