ICE TEST AS A SIMPLE DIAGNOSTIC-AID FOR MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS

Authors
ERTAS M ARAC N KUMRAL K TUNCBAY T
Citation
M. Ertas et al., ICE TEST AS A SIMPLE DIAGNOSTIC-AID FOR MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS, Acta neurologica Scandinavica, 89(3), 1994, pp. 227-229
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Acta neurologica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016314
Volume
89
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
227 - 229
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6314(1994)89:3<227:ITAASD>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
It is known that myasthenia gravis is improved by cold. In two previou sly reported studies performed on a limited number of myasthenic patie nts and controls, local cold application to the eyelid was suggested f or use as a diagnostic test for ocular myasthenia gravis. In this stud y, ice test to the eyelid was evaluated as a diagnostic test on 12 mya sthenic patients and 15 controls with blepharoptosis and the results w ere compared with those of edrophonium test.