A case of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and myasthenia gravis with positivity of anti-Ach receptor antibody: a fortuitous association?

Enrica Filippelli; Stefania Barone; Alfredo Granata; Rita Nisticò; Paola Valentino

doi:10.1007/s10072-018-3554-4

A case of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and myasthenia gravis with positivity of anti-Ach receptor antibody: a fortuitous association?

Neurol Sci. 2019 Jan;40(1):195-197. doi: 10.1007/s10072-018-3554-4. Epub 2018 Sep 13.

Authors

Enrica Filippelli¹, Stefania Barone¹, Alfredo Granata¹, Rita Nisticò², Paola Valentino^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Neurology, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.
² Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.
³ Institute of Neurology, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy. [email protected].
⁴ Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, National Research Council, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy. [email protected].

PMID: 30215155
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-018-3554-4

No abstract available

Keywords: AchR-abs antibodies to acetylcholine receptor; FSHD facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; MG myasthenia gravis; RNS repetitive nerve stimulation; SFEMG single-fiber elctromyography.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Autoantibodies / blood*
Female
Humans
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral / blood*
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral / complications*
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral / diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis / blood*
Myasthenia Gravis / complications*
Myasthenia Gravis / diagnosis
Receptors, Cholinergic / blood*

Substances

Autoantibodies
Receptors, Cholinergic