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This category reflects the organization of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision. Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes G70-G73 within Chapter VI: Diseases of the nervous system should be included in this category.
Myasthenia gravis, or MG, is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and fatigue. Myasthenia gravis is one of the rarest and most concerning muscular disorders ...
This is a shortened version of the sixth chapter of the ICD-9: Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs. It covers ICD codes 320 to 389 . The full chapter can be found on pages 215 to 258 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis is a very rare condition in which a mother with myasthenia gravis passes down her myasthenia gravis-inducing antibodies to her fetus through the placenta, causing the fetus to be born with antibodies that attach to self-antigens at the neuromuscular junction.(reference 12) Most cases of transient neonatal ...
Diseases and disorders CA Cancer: CACH Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination (see vanishing white matter disease) CAD Coronary artery disease: CADASIL: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy CAP Community acquired pneumonia: CAPA COVID-19–associated pulmonary ...
Myasthenia gravis affects 50 to 200 people per million. [3] [4] It is newly diagnosed in 3 to 30 people per million each year. [13] Diagnosis has become more common due to increased awareness. [13] Myasthenia gravis most commonly occurs in women under the age of 40 and in men over the age of 60. [1] [5] [14] It is uncommon in children. [1]
Myalgia eosinophilia associated with tryptophan; Myalgic encephalomyelitis; Myasthenia gravis congenital; Myasthenia gravis; Myasthenia, familial; Mycobacterium avium complex infection; Mycoplasmal pneumonia; Mycosis fungoides lymphoma; Mycosis fungoides, familial; Mycosis fungoides; Mycositis fungoides
Diseases of the motor end plate include myasthenia gravis, a form of muscle weakness due to antibodies against acetylcholine receptor, [13] [14] and its related condition Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). [15] Tetanus and botulism are bacterial infections in which bacterial toxins cause increased or decreased muscle tone, respectively ...