title: Myasthenia gravis and primary biliary cirrhosis. Common immunological features and rare coincidence.
abstract: A 43-year-old woman with recently diagnosed primary biliary cirrhosis developed antibody-negative myasthenia gravis. She did not receive D-penicillamine therapy. Clinical and immunological features of this patient are discussed. In previous reports on an association between primary biliary cirrhosis and myasthenia D-penicillamine treatment was an obligate causal linkage between both disorders.
authors: Department of Neurology, University Clinic Innsbruck, Austria.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kiechl
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Kohlendorfer
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Willeit
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Pohl
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Vogel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic