Presence of Multiple Autoimmune Antibodies Involved in Concurrent Myositis and Myocarditis and Myasthenia Gravis Without Thymoma: A Case Report

Presence of Multiple Autoimmune Antibodies Involved in Concurrent Myositis and Myocarditis and Myasthenia Gravis Without Thymoma: A Case Report

Inflammatory myositis (IM) and myasthenia gravis (MG) are both immune disorders involving muscle. The concurrent presence of both conditions in the same patient is extremely rare and the diagnosis is important and challenging. Here, we report a case of concurrent myositis and myocarditis and MG with...

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Main Authors: Zhijian Zhou, Xia Chen, Gonglu Liu, Jiali Pu, Jimin Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
inflammatory myositis
myocarditis
myasthenia gravis
thymoma-associated antibodies
immunotherapy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00770/full

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