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. 1997 Mar;48(3):774-5.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.48.3.774.

Myasthenia gravis and alopecia areata

A Kubota  1 , A Komiyama, O Hasegawa
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Myasthenia gravis and alopecia areata

A Kubota et al. Neurology. 1997 Mar.

Abstract

Of 202 patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), 6 (3%) developed alopecia areata. All six patients had a thymoma verified by pathology; the frequency of alopecia areata rose to 17% of 35 MG patients with a thymoma. In one patient who had no recognizable tumor in the mediastinum, an ectopic thymoma was present in the anterior neck.

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  • Myasthenia gravis and alopecia areata.
    Korn-Lubetzki I, Virozov Y, Klar A. Korn-Lubetzki I, et al. Neurology. 1998 Feb;50(2):578. doi: 10.1212/wnl.50.2.578-a. Neurology. 1998. PMID: 9484415 No abstract available.

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