Reappraisal of Oral Steroid Therapy for Myasthenia Gravis

Treatment with oral corticosteroids at high doses with an escalation and de-escalation schedule is effective against myasthena gravis (MG). In fact, the use of corticosteroids has led to a reduction in mortality to below 10% after the 1960s. However, long-term use of oral steroids above a certain do...

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Main Authors: Tomihiro Imai, Shigeaki Suzuki, Yuriko Nagane, Akiyuki Uzawa, Hiroyuki Murai, Kimiaki Utsugisawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00868/full