Myasthenia and neuroborreliosis with excessively high acetylcholine-receptor antibodies.
Finsterer J. Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria. [email protected]
In a 29-y-old male with neuroborreliosis, partially responsive to ceftriaxone, myasthenia gravis with acetylcholine-receptor antibodies elevated almost 1000 times the upper reference limit was diagnosed. Pyridostigmine resolved all remaining neurological deficits.
During a 1-y follow-up the patient remained symptom free, despite persistently high acetylcholine-receptor antibodies. They were attributed to epitope homology of the acetylcholine receptors and Borrelia surface antigens.
PMID: 17366045 [PubMed - in process]
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I've always wondered if there could be a connection between the two.
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Looks like it stops the pain? symptoms weakness?
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