title: Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy.
abstract: Three pregnancies in two women with myasthenia gravis (MG), are presented. The first woman expressed no antenatal complications and delivered a full-term 3350 g baby by caesarean section, because of a previous caesarean. The second woman had two preterm births in subsequent pregnancies, which were complicated by hydramnios. Her first pregnancy ended in neonatal death of a 860 g female with multiple congenital anomalies. In her second pregnancy there was an exacerbation of MG and the baby, an 880 g male died soon after birth, due to respiratory failure.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Athens, Alexandra Maternity Hospital, 80 Vas. Sofias Avenue, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Daskalakis
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Papageorgiou
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Petrogiannis
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Antsaklis
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Michalas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*