Concept information
Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Neoplasms
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System
Myasthenia Gravis
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Neoplasms by Site
Nervous System Neoplasms
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System
Myasthenia Gravis
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System
Myasthenia Gravis
Preferred term
Myasthenia Gravis, Neonatal
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Neonatal Myasthenia Gravis
Scope note
- A disorder of neuromuscular transmission that occurs in a minority of newborns born to women with myasthenia gravis. Clinical features are usually present at birth or develop in the first 3 days of life and consist of hypotonia and impaired respiratory, suck, and swallowing abilities. This condition is associated with the passive transfer of acetylcholine receptor antibodies through the placenta. In the majority of infants the myasthenic weakness resolves (i.e., transient neonatal myasthenia gravis) although this disorder may rarely continue beyond the neonatal period (i.e., persistent neonatal myasthenia gravis). (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p823; Neurology 1997 Jan;48(1):50-4)
History note
- 2000
In other languages
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Finnish
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myasthenia gravis neonati
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myasthenia neonatalis
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neonataalimyastenia
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vastasyntyneen myastenia gravis
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020941
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