Journal article
Heat-Induced Myasthenic Crisis
Archives of neurology (Chicago), Vol.37(10), pp.671-672
10/01/1980
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1980.00500590095019
PMID: 7425893
Abstract
The deleterious effect of heat on the clinical symptoms and the electro-physiological abnormalities of myasthenia gravis is well established.1-4 In most patients, an elevation in total body or regional temperature from exposure to heat in the environment produces an increase in weakness that is usually benign in nature. This was the case in 14 of 15 patients with generalized myasthenia gravis, surveyed at random, who noted increased weakness in hot weather, with hot drinks, or in warm baths.3The development of a myasthenic crisis during a febrile illness is a well-known clinical phenomenon. A case is reported to support the hypothesis that fever per se may play a determining role in the induction and course of myasthenic crisis during a febrile illness. REPORT OF A CASE AND PHYSIOLOGIC STUDIES A 30-year-old woman had the onset of myasthenia gravis in 1972. Her initial symptoms were nasal speech
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Heat-Induced Myasthenic Crisis
- Creators
- Ludwig Gutmann
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of neurology (Chicago), Vol.37(10), pp.671-672
- DOI
- 10.1001/archneur.1980.00500590095019
- PMID
- 7425893
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Neurol
- ISSN
- 0003-9942
- eISSN
- 1538-3687
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/1980
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984020766202771
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