Myasthenia gravis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: relationship to chronic graft-versus-host disease.
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Bolger, GB; Sullivan, KM; Spence, AM; Appelbaum, FR; Johnston, R; Sanders, JE; Deeg, HJ; Witherspoon, RP; Doney, KC; Nims, J
Published in: Neurology
August 1986
Three patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) developed myasthenia gravis (MG) 762 to 1,180 days after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Symptoms of MG were observed after taper or discontinuation of immunosuppressive treatment of chronic GVHD. All patients developed antibodies to acetylcholine receptor, and one had antibody formation to striated muscle. One patient died of complications of treatment of MG. The severity of disease underscores the importance of the differential diagnosis and the need for prompt therapy of this late complication after human bone marrow transplantation.
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Neurology
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ISSN
0028-3878
Publication Date
August 1986
Volume
36
Issue
8
Start / End Page
1087 / 1091
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Postoperative Complications
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Humans
- Graft vs Host Disease
- Female
- Child
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Autoantibodies
- Antibodies
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Bolger, G. B., Sullivan, K. M., Spence, A. M., Appelbaum, F. R., Johnston, R., Sanders, J. E., … Nims, J. (1986). Myasthenia gravis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: relationship to chronic graft-versus-host disease. Neurology, 36(8), 1087–1091. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.36.8.1087
Bolger, G. B., K. M. Sullivan, A. M. Spence, F. R. Appelbaum, R. Johnston, J. E. Sanders, H. J. Deeg, R. P. Witherspoon, K. C. Doney, and J. Nims. “Myasthenia gravis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: relationship to chronic graft-versus-host disease.” Neurology 36, no. 8 (August 1986): 1087–91. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.36.8.1087.
Bolger GB, Sullivan KM, Spence AM, Appelbaum FR, Johnston R, Sanders JE, et al. Myasthenia gravis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: relationship to chronic graft-versus-host disease. Neurology. 1986 Aug;36(8):1087–91.
Bolger, G. B., et al. “Myasthenia gravis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: relationship to chronic graft-versus-host disease.” Neurology, vol. 36, no. 8, Aug. 1986, pp. 1087–91. Pubmed, doi:10.1212/wnl.36.8.1087.
Bolger GB, Sullivan KM, Spence AM, Appelbaum FR, Johnston R, Sanders JE, Deeg HJ, Witherspoon RP, Doney KC, Nims J. Myasthenia gravis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: relationship to chronic graft-versus-host disease. Neurology. 1986 Aug;36(8):1087–1091.
Published In
Neurology
DOI
ISSN
0028-3878
Publication Date
August 1986
Volume
36
Issue
8
Start / End Page
1087 / 1091
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Postoperative Complications
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Humans
- Graft vs Host Disease
- Female
- Child
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Autoantibodies
- Antibodies