Myasthenia Gravis and the Thyroid Gland
Myasthenia Gravis and the Thyroid Gland
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DOI：
10.1056/nejm196202152660703
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发表时间：
1962-02
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D. Drachman
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作者：
D. Drachman
重症肌无力患者中甲亢的发生并不罕见，自本世纪初以来已报告了90多例这种病例。1，2各种估计数字显示，重症肌无力患者甲亢的发生率为3%至6%。3、4然而，重症肌无力只发生在甲亢人群中的一小部分。在梅奥诊所系列中，54%的病例首先发现甲亢；37%的病例较早出现重症肌无力。只有一个。。。
THE occurrence of thyrotoxicosis in patients with myasthenia gravis is not rare, over 90 such cases having been reported since the turn of the century.1 , 2 Various estimates place the incidence of hyperthyroidism in myasthenic patients at 3 to 6 per cent.3 , 4 However, myasthenia gravis occurs in only a fraction of 1 per cent of the thyrotoxic population.5 The two diseases often do not begin simultaneously; either one may precede the other by many months or years. In the Mayo Clinic series hyperthyroidism was noted first in 54 per cent of cases; myasthenia gravis occurred earlier in 37 per cent. Only . . .