neonatal transient myasthenia

  • 1neonatal myasthenia — a transient myasthenia (lasting from a week to a month) affecting offspring of myasthenic women, characteristically marked by difficulty in sucking and swallowing …

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  • 2Myasthenia gravis — Classification and external resources Detailed view of a neuromuscular junction: 1. Axon 2. Sarcolemma 3. Synaptic vesicle 4. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor 5. Mitochondrion …

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  • 3Myasthenia gravis (MG) — An autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by fatigue and exhaustion of muscles. It is caused by a mistaken immune response to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChR), which are found in junctions between muscles and the nervous… …

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  • 4Maternal myasthenia gravis — The presence of myasthenia gravis in a pregnant woman. Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by fatigue and exhaustion of muscles. It is caused by a mistaken immune response to the nicotinic acetylcholine… …

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  • 5MG myasthenia gravis (MG) — An autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by fatigue and exhaustion of muscles. It is caused by a mistaken immune response to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChR), which are found in junctions between muscles and the nervous… …

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  • 6syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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  • 7Systemic lupus erythematosus — For other uses, see lupus (disambiguation). Systemic lupus erythematosus Classification and external resources The typical butterfly rash found in lupus ICD 10 L …

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  • 8Hypotonia — Floppy Muscle Syndrome Classification and external resources ICD 10 P94.2 ICD 9 358 …

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  • 9Hemolytic disease of the newborn — Not to be confused with Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn. HDN Classification and external resources ICD 10 P55 ICD 9 7 …

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  • 10Hypertonia — This article is about increased activity and resistance in muscles. For increased blood pressure, see Hypertension. Hypertonia Classification and external resources ICD 10 P94.1 ICD 9 …

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