Whole Body Irradiation on 4 Cases of Myasthenia Gravis: Pilot Study.
- Author:
Sung Soo KANG
1
;
Hyeong Cheol KIM
;
Dae Il CHANG
;
Ju Han KIM
;
Myuong Ho KIM
;
Ha Chung CHUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicne, Hanyang University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Follow-Up Studies;
Lymphocytes;
Myasthenia Gravis*;
Pilot Projects*;
Whole-Body Irradiation*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1992;10(1):28-32
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Myasthenia Gravis can be considered a lymphocyte dyscrasia. We report four cases of myasLhenia gravis, who were treated with whole body irradiation. Total of 180 rad was delivered in 9 fractions for 3 weeks with every other day treabmenL Three out of four cases showed remarkable symptomatic improvement on follow-up during 3 months.
