MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS AND PRIMARY BILIARY-CIRRHOSIS - COMMON IMMUNOLOGICAL FEATURES AND RARE COINCIDENCE

Authors
KIECHL S KOHLENDORFER U WILLEIT J POHL P VOGEL W
Citation
S. Kiechl et al., MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS AND PRIMARY BILIARY-CIRRHOSIS - COMMON IMMUNOLOGICAL FEATURES AND RARE COINCIDENCE, Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 93(4), 1996, pp. 263-265
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Acta neurologica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016314
Volume
93
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
263 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6314(1996)93:4<263:MAPB-C>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A 43-year-old woman with recently diagnosed primary biliary cirrhosis developed antibody-negative myasthenia gravis. She did not receive D-p enicillamine therapy. Clinical and immunological features of this pati ent are discussed. In previous reports on an association between prima ry biliary cirrhosis and myasthenia D-penicillamine treatment was an o bligate causal linkage between both disorders.