Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Other Publications
    • Saudi Medical Journal

User menu

  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Neurosciences Journal
  • Other Publications
    • Saudi Medical Journal
  • My alerts
  • Log in
Neurosciences Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Follow psmmc on Twitter
  • Visit psmmc on Facebook
  • RSS
LetterCorrespondence
Open Access

Factors associated with poor outcomes of hospitalized myasthenia gravis

Sim S. Tin and Viroj Wiwanitkit
Neurosciences Journal April 2015, 20 (2) 178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.2.20150123
Sim S. Tin
Medical Center, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Hainan Medical University, Haikou City, Hainan Province, China
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

To the Editor

We would like to discuss the recent publication by Tiamkao et al1 entitled ‘Factors associated with poor outcomes of hospitalized myasthenia gravis’. Tiamkao et al1 noted that “hospital category, pneumonia, and respiratory failure” are the 3 main factors associated with poor outcome. Based on the nature of a retrospective study, there are some points to be addressed. First, it cannot exclude any possible concomitant illness in the studied cases. Also, the data on “cost” in the present study should be carefully analyzed, as there were a lot of changes in the currency value in Thailand during the studied period. In addition, many previous reports mentioned the variability of clinical outcome due to pathological underlying myasthenia gravis (thymomatous versus non-thymomatous), and the methods used for treatment (medical treatment, surgical manipulation, and other techniques).2 Finally, the role of underlying genetics should also be discussed. It is reported that patients with the HLA-B8-DR3 haplotype, especially among younger, female patients usually have more severe diseases.3

Reply from the Author

No reply received from the author.

Do you have any comments or questions?Agree or disagree with published articles?

The correspondence section within the journal is a forum to comment on any of the articles published in the journal. Correspondence will not be sent for peer review, and will only be edited for the use of appropriate language. All correspondence should be submitted and published within 6 months from the date of the original publication.

Please submit your correspondence through the journal website (www.neurosciencesjournal.org), and don’t forget to clearly state the title of the original publication, and your contact details.

  • Copyright: © Neurosciences

Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

References

  1. ↵
    1. Tiamkao S,
    2. Pranboon S,
    3. Thepsuthammarat K,
    4. Sawanyawisuth K
    (2014) Prevalence of factors associated with poor outcomes of hospitalized myasthenia gravis patients in Thailand. Neurosciences 19, 286–290.
  2. ↵
    1. Skeie GO,
    2. Romi F
    (2008) Paraneoplastic myasthenia gravis: immunological and clinical aspects. Eur J Neurol 15, 1029–1033.
  3. ↵
    1. Fang F,
    2. Sveinsson O,
    3. Thormar G,
    4. Granqvist M,
    5. Askling J,
    6. Lundberg IE,
    7. et al.
    (2014) The autoimmune spectrum of myasthenia gravis: a Swedish population-based study. The autoimmune spectrum of myasthenia gravis: a Swedish population-based study. J Intern Med, doi: 10.1111/joim.12310.
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Neurosciences Journal: 20 (2)
Neurosciences Journal
Vol. 20, Issue 2
1 Apr 2015
  • Table of Contents
  • Cover (PDF)
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Neurosciences Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Factors associated with poor outcomes of hospitalized myasthenia gravis
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Neurosciences Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Neurosciences Journal web site.
Citation Tools
Factors associated with poor outcomes of hospitalized myasthenia gravis
Sim S. Tin, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Neurosciences Journal Apr 2015, 20 (2) 178; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2015.2.20150123

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Factors associated with poor outcomes of hospitalized myasthenia gravis
Sim S. Tin, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Neurosciences Journal Apr 2015, 20 (2) 178; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2015.2.20150123
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • References
  • eLetters
  • References
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Comment on: Sleep patterns and quality depend not only on gender and the time of year, but also on a variety of other influencing factors
  • Comment on: When assessing the risk of cerebral edema after aneurysm clipping, all contributing factors must be taken into account
  • Comment on: Critically ill neuropathy alone is sufficient to explain proximal limb weakness and femoral nerve damage in severe SARS-CoV-2 infection
Show more Correspondence

Similar Articles

Navigate

  • home

More Information

  • Help

Additional journals

  • All Topics

Other Services

  • About

© 2025 Neurosciences Journal Neurosciences is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved. Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work. Electronic ISSN 1658-3183. Print ISSN 1319-6138.

Powered by HighWire