Mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis: a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study
- PMID: 14592919
- DOI: 10.1196/annals.1254.064
Mycophenolate mofetil for myasthenia gravis: a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study
Abstract
Mycophenolate mofetil (MM) is an immunosuppressive agent developed and originally used to prevent acute rejection of solid-organ transplantation. There have been preliminary reports of its successful use in the treatment of autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG). We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial of MM in the treatment of suboptimally controlled, stable MG. Results of this pilot study are promising and suggestive of greater improvement in the patients who received MM compared to placebo.
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