title: An unusual case of myasthenia gravis in an elderly patient with severe muscular atrophy.
abstract: Myasthenia gravis is an uncommon disease and severe muscular atrophy is a rare manifestation. We present the case of an 83-year-old woman who demonstrates this clinical feature to an extreme degree and who survived 40 years after presentation, for most of this time without therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Liverpool Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vellodi
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Tallis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011729:Pyridostigmine Bromide / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011729:Pyridostigmine Bromide