Myasthenia gravis at childhood

Volume: 56 Number: 2 July 1, 2017
  • İhsan Çakır
  • Osman Bulut Ocak
  • Aslı İnal
  • Ebru Demet Aygıt
  • Birsen Gökyiğit
  • Gamze Öztürk Karabulut
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Myasthenia gravis at childhood

Abstract

Juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is the most common myasthenic disorder affecting children. JMG includes a group of autoimmune antibody-mediated disorders targeting neuromuscular junction proteins. The clinical hallmark of the disease is fluctuating and fatigable skeletal muscle weakness, which improves with rest. Ocular symptoms could be the first signs of the disease as ptosis, ophthalmoplegia, and/or diplopia. In this study we present a JMG patient who was planned to be operated for strabismus before referring to our clinic.

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İhsan Çakır

Osman Bulut Ocak

Aslı İnal

Ebru Demet Aygıt

Birsen Gökyiğit

Gamze Öztürk Karabulut

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July 1, 2017

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July 1, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 56 Number: 2

APA
Çakır, İ., Ocak, O. B., İnal, A., Aygıt, E. D., Gökyiğit, B., & Karabulut, G. Ö. (2017). Çocukluk çağı miyastenia gravis. Ege Tıp Dergisi, 56(2), 86-87. https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.344246
AMA
1.Çakır İ, Ocak OB, İnal A, Aygıt ED, Gökyiğit B, Karabulut GÖ. Çocukluk çağı miyastenia gravis. EJM. 2017;56(2):86-87. doi:10.19161/etd.344246
Chicago
Çakır, İhsan, Osman Bulut Ocak, Aslı İnal, Ebru Demet Aygıt, Birsen Gökyiğit, and Gamze Öztürk Karabulut. 2017. “Çocukluk çağı Miyastenia Gravis”. Ege Tıp Dergisi 56 (2): 86-87. https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.344246.
EndNote
Çakır İ, Ocak OB, İnal A, Aygıt ED, Gökyiğit B, Karabulut GÖ (July 1, 2017) Çocukluk çağı miyastenia gravis. Ege Tıp Dergisi 56 2 86–87.
IEEE
[1]İ. Çakır, O. B. Ocak, A. İnal, E. D. Aygıt, B. Gökyiğit, and G. Ö. Karabulut, “Çocukluk çağı miyastenia gravis”, EJM, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 86–87, July 2017, doi: 10.19161/etd.344246.
ISNAD
Çakır, İhsan - Ocak, Osman Bulut - İnal, Aslı - Aygıt, Ebru Demet - Gökyiğit, Birsen - Karabulut, Gamze Öztürk. “Çocukluk çağı Miyastenia Gravis”. Ege Tıp Dergisi 56/2 (July 1, 2017): 86-87. https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.344246.
JAMA
1.Çakır İ, Ocak OB, İnal A, Aygıt ED, Gökyiğit B, Karabulut GÖ. Çocukluk çağı miyastenia gravis. EJM. 2017;56:86–87.
MLA
Çakır, İhsan, et al. “Çocukluk çağı Miyastenia Gravis”. Ege Tıp Dergisi, vol. 56, no. 2, July 2017, pp. 86-87, doi:10.19161/etd.344246.
Vancouver
1.İhsan Çakır, Osman Bulut Ocak, Aslı İnal, Ebru Demet Aygıt, Birsen Gökyiğit, Gamze Öztürk Karabulut. Çocukluk çağı miyastenia gravis. EJM. 2017 Jul. 1;56(2):86-7. doi:10.19161/etd.344246

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