Distal myasthenia gravis with a decrement, an increment, and denervation.
We present two patients with distal myasthenia gravis poorly responsive to immunomodulatory therapy. In addition to a typical decrement on slow repetitive nerve stimulation, both had borderline to low compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitudes, a large increment in CMAP amplitude and area after exercise, and active denervation in distal muscles. Both had elevated acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR Ab) levels, but normal voltage-gated calcium channel antibody levels. We hypothesize that these electrophysiological findings represent a more severe form of myasthenia gravis.
Musser
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From the EMG Laboratory and Neuromuscular Disease Center, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
Barbano
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RL
Thornton
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CA
Moxley
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Herrmann
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DN
Logigian
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