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Pronounced Ptosis in Myasthenia Gravis—A New Bedside Clinical Sign

We report three cases of myasthenia gravis in whom the asymmetrical ptosis at presentation became more pronounced with the described bedside technique. Pronounced ptosis could be elicited by making the patient speak continuously for up to 2 minutes. Pauses for breathing and natural blinking were all...

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Autores principales: Vinny, Pulikottil W., Vishnu, Venugopalan Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8064859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33927532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1721559