RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Myasthenia gravis and psoriasis vulgaris
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 175
OP 177
VO 14
IS 2
A1 Koc, Filiz
A1 Yerdelen, Deniz
YR 2009
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/14/2/175.abstract
AB Myasthenia gravis is a rare autoimmune disorder in which antibodies form against acetylcholine nicotinic postsynaptic receptors at the myoneural junction. Psoriasis vulgaris is a chronic, recurring, and an inflammatory skin disease. Myasthenia gravis and psoriasis are both autoimmune diseases and correlated with specific human histocompatibility antigens. In this report, a 53-year-old woman who has myasthenia gravis accompanied with psoriasis vulgaris is presented. To conclude, this association is extremely rare and the pathogenetic etiology was thought to depend on a generalized immunological disturbance.