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Neuropsychiatric symptoms in thymoma-associated and non-thymoma myasthenia gravis
Includes abstract.
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2015
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| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Freeman, Carla Patricia |
| author2 | Heckmann, Jeannine |
| author_browse | Freeman, Carla Patricia Heckmann, Jeannine |
| author_facet | Heckmann, Jeannine Freeman, Carla Patricia |
| author_sort | Freeman, Carla Patricia |
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| description | Includes abstract. |
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| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11996 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
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| publishDate | 2015 |
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| publisher | Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11996 Neuropsychiatric symptoms in thymoma-associated and non-thymoma myasthenia gravis Freeman, Carla Patricia Heckmann, Jeannine Lewis, Ian Storm Psychiatry Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an acetylcholine receptor antibody- mediated disease targeting the neuromuscular junction resulting in fatigable muscle weakness. A number of reports have suggested a high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms amongst MG patients. Approximately 10% of MG subjects are found to have an associated thymoma and despite thymomectomy, the MG persists. The presence of thymoma may lead to other antibody-mediated neuropsychiatric manifestations including limbic encephalitis. We hypothesized that the prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms may be higher in MG subjects with thymoma-associated MG when compared with those who have non-thymoma MG. This study aims to compare the prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in a South African population of non-thymoma MG and thymoma-associated MG. 2015-01-10T13:36:11Z 2015-01-10T13:36:11Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11996 eng application/pdf Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Psychiatry Freeman, Carla Patricia Neuropsychiatric symptoms in thymoma-associated and non-thymoma myasthenia gravis |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Neuropsychiatric symptoms in thymoma-associated and non-thymoma myasthenia gravis |
| title_full | Neuropsychiatric symptoms in thymoma-associated and non-thymoma myasthenia gravis |
| title_fullStr | Neuropsychiatric symptoms in thymoma-associated and non-thymoma myasthenia gravis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neuropsychiatric symptoms in thymoma-associated and non-thymoma myasthenia gravis |
| title_short | Neuropsychiatric symptoms in thymoma-associated and non-thymoma myasthenia gravis |
| title_sort | neuropsychiatric symptoms in thymoma associated and non thymoma myasthenia gravis |
| topic | Psychiatry |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11996 |
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