Abstract
The records of 142 patients with generalized autoimmune myasthenia gravis who had been treated with steroids as the single immunosuppressive agent, collected at regular intervals, were employed for a retrospective evaluation. The effectiveness of treatment was assessed after 24 months; the data from the 6th and 12th months were also considered. After 24 months, 63.4% of the whole sample had improved (33.8% were in clinical or pharmacological remission); 13.4% were unchanged or had worsened and 22.3% had moved to a different immunosuppressive treatment. The rate of positive outcome was higher in patients over the age of 40 at disease onset.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 33-39 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Acta Neurologica Scandinavica |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1991 |
Keywords
- Myasthenia gravis
- Retrospective study
- Steroid treatment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Neuroscience(all)