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  2. Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis - Wikipedia

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    However, treatment with oral salbutamol, a drug that stimulates the beta-2 adrenergic receptor, [20] greatly reduced these symptoms within 48 hours. [31] In a subsequent study of 16 individuals with FARIS aged less than 4 weeks, 4 full weeks, 10 weeks, and 6 months to 17 years, oral salbutamol caused symptom improvements in 13 (81.3%) with all ...

  3. Tensilon test - Wikipedia

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    A tensilon test, also called an edrophonium test, is a pharmacological test used for the diagnosis of certain neural diseases, especially myasthenia gravis. [1] It is also used to distinguish a myasthenic crisis from a cholinergic crisis in individuals undergoing treatment for myasthenia gravis.

  4. Myasthenia gravis - Wikipedia

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    Three types of myasthenic symptoms in children can be distinguished: [48] Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis occurs in 10 to 15% of babies born to mothers afflicted with the disorder, and disappears after a few weeks. Congenital myasthenia, the rarest form, occurs when genes are present from both parents.

  5. Amifampridine - Wikipedia

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    Amifampridine phosphate is used as a drug, predominantly in the treatment of a number of rare muscle diseases. The free base form of the drug has been used to treat congenital myasthenic syndromes and approved by the FDA for Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) through compassionate use programs since the 1990s and was recommended as a first line treatment for LEMS in 2006, using ad hoc ...

  6. Edrophonium - Wikipedia

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    Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS), is similar to myasthenia gravis in that it is an autoimmune disease. However, in LEMS the neuron is unable to release enough acetylcholine for normal muscle function due to autoantibodies attacking P/Q-type calcium channel that are necessary for acetylcholine release.

  7. MDA Kickstart Program Receives FDA Rare Pediatric Disease ...

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    "We’re proud to have made an impact with advocates for the reauthorization of the Rare Pediatric Disease PRV program as it is essential for continuing progress in rare disease treatment," said Paul Melmeyer, Executive Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy, Muscular Dystrophy Association. "On September 10, an MDA contingent of more than ...

  8. Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    It is also known as myasthenic syndrome, Eaton–Lambert syndrome, and when related to cancer, carcinomatous myopathy. [ 2 ] Around 60% of those with LEMS have an underlying malignancy , most commonly small-cell lung cancer ; it is therefore regarded as a paraneoplastic syndrome (a condition that arises as a result of cancer elsewhere in the ...

  9. Congenital myasthenic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder caused by defects of several types at the neuromuscular junction. The effects of the disease are similar to Lambert-Eaton Syndrome and myasthenia gravis , the difference being that CMS is not an autoimmune disorder .