[Ocular manifestations of myasthenia. Apropos of 60 cases of myasthenia observed at the Dakar University Hospital Center].
The authors report 43 cases with ocular signs among 60 cases of myasthenia gravis encountered over a period of 23 years in the Ophthalmologic and Neurologic clinics of the University Teaching Hospital of Dakar. After analysis of the aetiological, clinical, evolutional and therapeutic features, they insist on the importance of the ocular symptoms that eventually can help to early diagnosis and treatment.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D004576:Electromyography; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D009388:Neostigmine; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012675:Senegal
D009388:Neostigmine
Les manifestations oculaires de la myasthénie. A propos de 60 cas de myasthénie observés au C.H.U. de Dakar.