title: Ocular myasthenia gravis coincident with thyroid ophthalmopathy.
abstract: Graves' disease and myasthenia gravis are both auto-immune diseases and the coexistence of these two diseases is well recognized. Myasthenia gravis is more frequent in patients with thyroid disease. Here we present a case of thyroid ophthalmopathy and ocular myasthenia.
authors.affiliation: Isparta State Hospital, Dept. of Neurology, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yaman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications*; D013934:Thymectomy