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09-08-2023 | Thymoma | Letter to the Editor

Recurrency in myasthenic crisis

Authors: Giuliana Galassi, Erika Iori, Marco Mazzoli, Donato Marzullo, Alessandra Ariatti

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 2/2024

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Myasthenic crisis (MC) is defined as a rapid clinical decline, observed in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), requiring non-invasive ventilation (NIV) or intubation for mechanical ventilation (MV) [1‐3]. During the first 2 years from MG, diagnosis, 15–20% of patients can develop MC; out of those, few cases may exhibit more than one episode. Data on repeated MC are rare [1‐5]. …

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Title: Recurrency in myasthenic crisis
Authors: Giuliana Galassi
Erika Iori
Marco Mazzoli
Donato Marzullo
Alessandra Ariatti
Publication date: 09-08-2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Thymoma
Thymoma
Myasthenia Gravis
Non-Invasive Ventilation
Tracheostomy
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 2/2024
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-023-02341-8

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