title: Comparative clinical features in patients with myasthenia gravis with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: The occurrence of myasthenia gravis (MG) with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) seems to be more common than random association alone would predict. Moreover, both share immunologic aspects, tissue-directed antibodies and T and B cell abnormalities. To our knowledge, 7 cases of MG in association with SLE have been reported in the English literature in the last 15 yr; in 6 of the 7 cases, MG preceded the SLE; in only 1 reported case and in our case, SLE preceded the MG. The disease that develops later predominates in the prognosis for each patient.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications*