Acetylcholine receptor antibody positive generalized myasthenia gravis in association with primary biliary cirrhosis.
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Myasthenia Gravis are both autoimmune conditions, however, there are only rare case reports of their association. This is a case report of acetylcholine receptor antibody positive generalized myasthenia gravis in a female patient with antimitochondrial antibody positive, liver biopsy-confirmed primary biliary cirrhosis.
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Heather
H
Taddy
Eric M
EM
Yoshida
Gillian
G
Gibson
Nazira
N
Chatur
D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001706:Biopsy; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000276:immunology; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000276:immunology*
D000906:Antibodies; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic