Case Number 20: Myasthenia Gravis

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Osserman K. E. Genkins G. : Studies in Myasthenia Gravis: Review of a Twenty Year Experience in over 1200 Patients, Mt. Sinai J. Med. 38: 497–537, 1971.

Flacke W. : Drug Therapy — Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis, New Engl. J. Med. 288: 27, 1973.

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Shapiro M. S. Namba T. Grob D. : Corticotrophin Treatment & Thymectomy in Management of Myasthenia Gravis, Arch. Neurology 24: 65, 1971.

Warmolts J. R. Engel W. K. : Benefit from Alternate Day Prednisone in Myasthenia Gravis, New Engl. J. Med. 286: 17, 1972.

Jenkins R. B. : Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis with Prednisone, Lancet 1: 765, 1972.

Seybold M. E. Drachman D. B. : Gradually Increasing Doses of Prednisone in Myasthenia Gravis, New Engl. J. Med. 290: 81, 1974.