Myasthenia gravis after general anesthesia and hepatitis B vaccine.
A 48-year-old man presented with the first symptoms of myasthenia gravis one month after a general anesthesia and a second dose of hepatitis B plasma vaccine. Whether either event may have acted as a nonspecific challenge to the patient's immune system is speculative, but the case is described to discover similar observations, if any.
Biron
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Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Montpetit
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Infante-Rivard
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Léry
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D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006515:Hepatitis B virus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines