Myasthenia gravis with antibodies against the muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (anti-MuSK) has been described as a subtype of disease with more localised clinical features and a poorer response to treatment than acetylcholine receptor antibody (anti-AChR)-positive patients. Few cases have been...
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease characterized by muscle weakness, fatigability, and autoantibodies against protein antigens of the muscle endplate. Antibodies against acetylcholine receptor (AChR), and less frequently against muscle-Specific Kinase (MuSK) or lipoprotein related protein 4...
MuSK antibody-positive myasthenia gravis (MuSK-MG) accounts for 5 to 15% of autoimmune MG. MuSK and LRP4 are coreceptors for agrin in the signaling pathway that causes clustering of acetylcholine receptor (AChR). MuSK also anchors the acetylcholinesteras
Anti-MuSK ocular myasthenia with extrinsic ocular muscle atrophy: a new clinical phenotype?Anti-MuSK ocular myasthenia with extrinsic ocular muscle atrophy: a new clinical phenotype?MUSCLE weaknessMYASTHENIA gravisATROPHYMUSCLESMUSCULAR atrophyNICOTINIC acetylcholine receptorsNeurological Sciences -doi...
Anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis presenting with purely ocular findings. Arch Neurol 2005;62:1002--3.Caress JB, Hunt CH, Batish SD. Anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis presenting with purely ocular findings. Arch Neurol. 2005;62:1002–3.Caress JB, Hunt CH, Batish SD (2005) Anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis ...
Myasthenia gravisAnti-MuSK antibodyRheumatoid arthritisBackground Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized with symmetric synovitis and occasional extra articular involvement; also, some neurologic disorders can be observed during the disease course. Myasthenia gravis (MG) is one of ...
Is tongue atrophy reversible in anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis? Six-year observation. J Neurol Neuro- surg Psychiatry 2010; 81: 701 - 702H. Takahashi, N. Kawaguchi, S. Ito, Y. Nemoto, T. Hattori, S. Kuwabara, Is tongue at- rophy reversible in anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis? Six-year ...
Myasthenia gravis with anti-MuSK antibodies rarely occurs in children. The present article reports a childhood onset case of auto-immune MG with anti-MuSK antibodies, part of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome.doi:10.1016/j.ejpn.2014.02.006Duman, Ozgur...
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease and represents one of the most common disorders associated with neuromuscular transmission defects. Within MG, the anti-muscle-specific kinase antibody-positive subtype (MuSK-positive MG) is rare. While it share...
Anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis presenting with Epstein-Barr virus-associated mononucleosis and immune-mediated diabetes mellitus. Muscle Nerve 2007;36: 264-266.Bhibhatbhan A,Kline G,Vincent A,etc.Anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis presenting with Epstein-Barr virus-associated mononucleosis and immune-mediated ...