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SUBMITTER: Rath J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7109164 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rath Jakob J Brunner Ines I Tomschik Matthias M Zulehner Gudrun G Hilger Eva E Krenn Martin M Paul Anna A Cetin Hakan H Zimprich Fritz F
Journal of neurology 20191211 4
<h4>Background</h4>To investigate the frequency and characterize the clinical features of treatment-refractory myasthenia gravis in an Austrian cohort.<h4>Methods</h4>Patient charts of 126 patients with generalized myasthenia gravis and onset between 2000 and 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were classified as treatment-refractory according to strict, predefined criteria. These mandated patients being at least moderately symptomatic (i.e., MGFA class III) or needing either maintenanc ...[more]