title: [A clinical test for diagnosis of myasthenic ptosis].
abstract: A clinical test for diagnosis of ptosis in myasthenia is described. We studied the effect of antiorthostatic posture with head-down position on the degree of ptosis in myasthenia, ocular myopathy of von Graefe, lesions of the oculomotor nerve and pseudoptosis. The antiorthostatic posture significantly (p<0,05) decreased the degree of ptosis only in patients with myasthenia The degree of ptosis remained unchanged in myopathy of von Graefe, lesions of the oculomotor nerve and pseudoptosis.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Likhachev
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kulikova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D018475:Head-Down Tilt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications*; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods; D017246:Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult