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Case Reports
. 2020;7(3):361-364.
doi: 10.3233/JND-200520.

COVID-19 in Refractory Myasthenia Gravis- A Case Report of Successful Outcome

Swathi Beladakere Ramaswamy  1 , Raghav Govindarajan  1
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Case Reports

COVID-19 in Refractory Myasthenia Gravis- A Case Report of Successful Outcome

Swathi Beladakere Ramaswamy et al. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2020.

Abstract

This is a brief report of a patient who has refractory Myasthenia Gravis, on multiple long-term immunosuppressive therapies and contracted COVID-19 during this 2020 pandemic. She was quarantined for total of 14 days and recovered successfully without any complications (no myasthenia exacerbation or crisis, no COVID-19 related complications), with no changes to her immunosuppressive therapy. Treatment of MG patients with COVID-19 needs to be tailored to individual patient.

Keywords: COVID-19; Plasmapheresis; Refractory Myasthenia Gravis; immunosuppression; outcome.

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The authors have no conflict of interest to report.

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