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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12710/18447
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dc.contributor.authorArhip, Elena-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-10T15:12:45Z-
dc.date.available2021-11-10T15:12:45Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationARHIP, Elena. Clinical features and the course of Myasthenia gravis in the elderly patients. In: MedEspera: the 5th Internat. Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors: abstract book. Chișinău: S. n., 2014, p. 105.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/18447-
dc.descriptionDepartment of Neurology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemiţanu”, Chişinău, Republic of Moldovaen_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Myasthenia Gravis (MG) in the elderly is defined as onset after the age of 50 years. The incidence of late-onset MG without thymoma has been increasing in the last 20 years, in the USA and Europe. The increase is mainly found in patients over the age of 50 years. Recent data indicate that MG may still be substantially underdiagnosed in very old people (70 years). Purpose and objectives: To study the clinical features and the course of MG in elderly patients by performing a clinical trial and reviewing the medical literature. Material and methods: The clinical trial is based on 14 patients, older than 50 years old, with MG. It is a retrospective study, which included patients with MG, admitted to the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery between January 2009 and February 2014. Results and Conclusions: (1) Late-onset MG is seen more often in men than in women. The female-to-male ratio is near to 3:1 in late-onset MG. (2) Patients with late-onset MG exhibit few distinct clinical features that distinguish them from the early onset. (3) Although the disease activity tends to be lower and the prognosis favorable, they have a higher mortality than patients with earlyonset MG, and full remissions are rare. These findings probably relate to the presence of other comorbid conditions in the overall impact of MG in these patients.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMinistry of Health of the Republic of Moldova, State Medical and Pharmaceutical University Nicolae Testemitanu, Medical Students and Residents Associationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMedEspera: The 5th International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors, May 14-17, 2014, Chisinau, Republic of Moldovaen_US
dc.subjectMyastenia gravisen_US
dc.subjectelderyen_US
dc.subjectclinical featuresen_US
dc.titleClinical features and the course of Myasthenia gravis in the elderly patientsen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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