MYASTHENIA: CURRENT TREATMENT STRATEGIES

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6
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2017

O. Lapshina; K. Komshina; E. Antipenko, MD; Professor A. Gustov, MD Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy

Myasthenia is a severe disease that results from an antibody-mediated autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular synaptic transmission. The high prevalence of the disease, the severity of its clinical manifestations, and the instability of the patients’ status even during therapy determine the urgency to elaborate optimal therapeutic strategies for the management of these patients. The paper presents current approaches to treating myasthenia, describes in detail drug treatment options and the possibility of surgical intervention, and gives data on the use of ozone therapy for this disease.
Keywords: 
neurology
myasthenia
treatment for myasthenia
ozone therapy for myasthenia

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