Myasthenia gravis and Schmidt syndrome.
A patient with myasthenia gravis developed both Addison disease and primary hypothyroidism, with demonstrable anti-adrenal and antithyroid antibodies in her serum. The association of myasthenia gravis with Schmidt syndrome does not seem to be a chance occurrence, considering the autoimmune pathogenesis of each of these disorders.
D000224:Addison Disease / Q000150:complications*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000276:immunology; D000328:Adult; D000549:Ambenonium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases; D004491:Edrophonium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology
D000906:Antibodies; D000549:Ambenonium Chloride; D004491:Edrophonium