Evaluation of the respiratory function in myasthenia gravis: an important tool for clinical feature and diagnosis of the disease Avaliação da função respiratória na miastenia gravis: importância na caracterização clínica e no diagnóstico da doença

Evaluation of the respiratory function in myasthenia gravis: an important tool for clinical feature and diagnosis of the disease Avaliação da função respiratória na miastenia gravis: importância na caracterização clínica e no diagnóstico da doença

Myasthenic gravis may affect both inspiratory and expiratory muscles. Respiratory involvement occurred in almost all patients with myasthenia gravis in all clinical forms of the disease: 332 lung function tests done in 324 myasthenic patients without respiratory symptoms (age 34.6 ± 18.3 years) were...

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Main Authors: Paulo A. P. Saraiva, José Lamartine de Assis, Paulo E. Marchiori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1996-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
miastenia grave
provas funcionais respiratórias
padrão miastênico
myasthenia gravis
lung function tests
myasthenic pattern
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1996000400009

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