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Myasthenia Gravis in a Child with Sequelae of Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Angus A. Wilfong  and
Fabio Fernandez
Angus A. Wilfong*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Fabio Fernandez*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
*
Section of Pediatric Neurology, Room R-618, Texas Children’s Hospital, 6621 Fannin, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. 77030
Section of Pediatric Neurology, Room R-618, Texas Children’s Hospital, 6621 Fannin, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. 77030
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Immune-mediated myasthenia gravis occurred in a 13-month-old girl who had sequelae of an opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. She had an abnormal Raji cell assay along with elevated antiacetylcholine receptor and antithyroglobulin antibodies. No evidence of an associated malignancy was found with either condition. Clearly, the co-occurrence of two diseases within a single patient does not establish a common pathogenesis. Nevertheless, this is a provocative association and may point to an immunologically mediated process in the opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 1992 , pp. 88 - 89
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1992

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