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Case Reports
. 2008 Dec 9;71(24):2010-2.
doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000336929.38733.7a.

Fetal acetylcholine receptor inactivation syndrome and maternal myasthenia gravis

M Oskoui  1 , L Jacobson, W K Chung, J Haddad, A Vincent, P Kaufmann, D C De Vivo
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Fetal acetylcholine receptor inactivation syndrome and maternal myasthenia gravis

M Oskoui et al. Neurology. .
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Figure First child at age 6 years 10 months (A), second child at age 5 years (B), and third child at age 3 years 10 months (C) The three brothers share the following characteristics, with decreasing severity from the eldest to the youngest: facial diplegia with incomplete mouth closure, highly arched narrow palate, excessive drooling, dysarthria, lingual weakness, bilateral middle ear effusion managed with myringotomy tubes, intact extraocular movements, and surgically corrected cryptorchidism and inguinal hernias; the second child has a bone conduction hearing aid.
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