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Topic: 2007: Myasthenia and neuroborreliosis

CaliforniaLyme
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1: Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39(2):187-90.

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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Lymetoo
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I've always wondered if there could be a connection between the two.

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treepatrol
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Looks like it stops the pain? symptoms weakness?

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treepatrol
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyridostigmine

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