title: Prior damage to lower motor neuron triggering myasthenia gravis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, 49100, Petach Tikva, Israel.|Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, 49100, Petach Tikva, Israel.|Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Lilach
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, 49100, Petach Tikva, Israel.|Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hellmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, 49100, Petach Tikva, Israel.|Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Itay
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lotan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004172:Diplopia; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011729:Pyridostigmine Bromide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000276:immunology; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D011729:Pyridostigmine Bromide
keywords: autoimmune disease; motor neuron; myasthenia gravis; neuromuscular junction; pathogenesis; poliomyelitis