Pregnancy in MuSK‐positive myasthenia gravis: A single‐center case series

• Published in: Muscle & nerve Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 85 - 90
• Main Authors: Harada, Yohei, Bettin, Margaret, Juel, Vern C., Hobson‐Webb, Lisa D., Raja, Shruti M., Sanders, Donald B., Massey, Janice M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2023; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Antibodies; Cesarean section; Complications; Fetuses; Kinases; Medical records; muscle‐specific tyrosine kinase antibody; Myasthenia gravis; Neuromuscular junctions; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Protein-tyrosine kinase; retrospective study; thymectomy; Tyrosine; myasthenia gravis; thymectomy; retrospective study; pregnancy; muscle-specific tyrosine kinase antibody

Introduction/Aims Myasthenia gravis (MG) with muscle‐specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK) antibodies (MMG) is predominantly seen in women of childbearing age. Our objective in this study was to describe the course of MMG during pregnancy and within 6 months postpartum, and to document any effect on fetal...