HIGH-DOSE INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN IN TRANSIENT NEONATAL MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS

Authors
BASSAN H MUHLBAUR B TOMER A SPIRER Z
Citation
H. Bassan et al., HIGH-DOSE INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN IN TRANSIENT NEONATAL MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS, Pediatric neurology, 18(2), 1998, pp. 181-183
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08878994
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
181 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-8994(1998)18:2<181:HIIITN>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A preterm newborn had transient neonatal myasthenia gravis and was mec hanically ventilated for 9 days. In addition to the usual supportive c are, she was treated with neostigmine and underwent two exchange trans fusions. High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (2 gm/kg) was us ed for the first time in transient neonatal myasthenia gravis to the b est of our knowledge. The clinical and laboratory responses are presen ted. (C) 1998 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.