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Myasthenia gravis: demographic, clinical, and treatment aspects at the hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (HLUHS) Kaunas clinics

Type of publication
Konferencijų tezės nerecenzuojamame leidinyje / Conference theses in non-peer-reviewed publication (T2)
Author(s)
AuthorAffiliation
Urbonavičiūtė, Inga
Neurologijos klinika (U524700)
Neurologijos klinika (K150000)
Vaitkus, Antanas
Neurologijos klinika (U524700)
Neurologijos klinika (K150000)
Einorytė, Edita
Neurologijos klinika (K150000)
Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto ligoninė viešoji įstaiga Kauno klinikos
Title
Myasthenia gravis: demographic, clinical, and treatment aspects at the hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (HLUHS) Kaunas clinics
Urbonavičiūtė I., Vaitkus A., Einorytė E
Publisher (trusted)
Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto Leidybos namai
Date Issued
Date
2013-11-14
Extent
p. 56-56.
Is part of
Konferencija Nacionalinių veiklos, susijusios su retomis ligomis, planų ir strategijų įgyvendinimo aktualijos : programa ir tezės = Conference The National activities related to rare diseases : programme and abstracts : 2013-11-14, Vilnius, LT / Vilniaus universitetas. Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas ; [Organizacinis, mokslinis komitetai: Mačiūnas Erikas (pirm.) [ir kt.], Utkus Algirdas (pirm.) [ir kt.]. Kaunas : Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto Leidybos namai, 2013.
Version
Originalus / Original
Series/Report no.
Tezės/Abstracts.
Field of Science

Medicina / Medicine (...

Keywords (en)

Myasthenia gravis

Abstract (en)

The aim of this study was to analyze the demographic clinical and treatment aspects, of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients at the HLUHS Kaunas clinics. Methods: a retrospective study was performed using case histories of patients with MG, who were treated at the HLUHS Kaunas Clinics within 2002-2012y. Results. A total 125 of new cases of MG were diagnosed during the study period. However the study included only those 74 patients who were tested for anti-acetylcholine receptor (anti-AchR) antibodies. 35.1% were females and 64.9% males. Mean age at onset was 56.5±19.0 years. First signs in 32.4% of patients were ocular symptoms, 67.6% MG present in generalized form. The Osserman-Genkins grade at onset was I in 32,4%, IIA in 52,7% and IIB in 14.9% of cases. Serological studies were done in 74 patients, of which 48 were seropositive. [...].

Type of document
type::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper
Other Identifier(s)
(LSMU ALMA)990000829750107106
Coverage Spatial
Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)
Language
Anglų / English (en)
URI
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12512/91113
Affiliation(s)