Abstract
Myasthenia gravis is a nerve-muscle junction disease, for which the most specific test is an increase in the anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies (anti-AChR-Abs) titer. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting both upper and lower motor neurons. Positive AChR-Ab in patients with pure ALS are exceedingly rare. We report the case of a patient with confirmed ALS and very high levels of AChR-Ab and review the literature on this topic.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 82-85 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2012 |
Keywords
- acetylcholine receptor antibodies
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- myasthenia gravis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology