Epidemiology of myasthenia gravis in Northern Portugal: Frequency estimates and clinical epidemiological distribution of cases

  1. Santos, Ernestina 34
  2. Coutinho, Ester 7
  3. Moreira, Isabel 3
  4. Silva, Ana Martins 34
  5. Lopes, Dina 15
  6. Costa, Henrique 10
  7. Silveira, Fernando 10
  8. Nadais, Goreti 10
  9. Morais, Hugo 11
  10. Martins, João 18
  11. Branco, Maria Ceu 1318
  12. Veiga, Andreia 13
  13. Silva, Rosa Santos 12
  14. Ferreira, Augusto 14
  15. Sousa, Filipa 5
  16. Freijo, Marta 16
  17. Matos, Ilda 16
  18. André, Rui 1
  19. Negrão, Luís 8
  20. Fraga, Carla 2
  21. Santos, Manuela 17
  22. Sampaio, Mafalda 6
  23. Lopes, Carlos 9
  24. Leite, Maria Isabel 7
  25. Gonçalves, Guilherme 4
  1. 1 Neurology Department Hospital de São Teotonio Viseu Portugal
  2. 2 Neurology Department Centro Hospitalar do Vale do Sousa Penafiel Portugal
  3. 3 Neurology Department Hospital Santo Antonio, Centro Hospitalar Porto Porto Portugal
  4. 4 Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal
  5. 5 Neurology Department Hospital de Braga Braga Portugal
  6. 6 Neuropediatrics Department Hospital de Sao Joao Porto Portugal
  7. 7 Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University Hospitals, University of Oxford UK
  8. 8 Neurology Department Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
  9. 9 Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal
  10. 10 Neurology Department Hospital Sao Joao Porto Portugal
  11. 11 Neurology Department Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia e Espinho Gaia Portugal
  12. 12 Neurology Department Centro Hospitalar do Alto Minho Viana do Castelo Portugal
  13. 13 Neurology Department Hospital de Sao Pedro, Centro Hospitalar do Trás‐os‐Montes e Alto Douro Vila Real Portugal
  14. 14 Neurology Department Centro Hospitalar Entre Douro e Vouga Feira Portugal
  15. 15 Centro Hospitalar do Porto Porto Portugal
  16. 16 Neurology Department Centro Hospitalar do Nordeste Mirandela Portugal
  17. 17 Neuropediatrics Department Centro Materno Infantil Norte, Centro Hospitalar Porto Porto Portugal
  18. 18 Neurology Department Hospital Pedro Hispano Matosinhos Portugal
Show affiliations +
Journal:
Muscle & Nerve

ISSN: 0148-639X,  1097-4598

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 54

Issue: 3

Pages: 413-421

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1002/MUS.25068 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

More publications in: Muscle & Nerve

€ View funding

Funding information

Funders

Bibliographic References

  • 10.1016/j.nmd.2005.08.007
  • 10.1038/nri916
  • 10.1093/brain/103.3.579
  • 10.1001/archneur.56.1.25
  • 10.1002/mus.23271
  • 10.1016/j.nrl.2014.09.007
  • 10.1111/jgs.12629
  • 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03850.x
  • 10.1159/000328863
  • 10.1159/000336002
  • 10.1111/ane.12233
  • 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181ad53c2
  • 10.1212/01.wnl.0000176067.32186.a3
  • 10.1136/jnnp.71.3.352
  • 10.1023/A:1007449221638
  • 10.1212/WNL.47.5.1233
  • Carr AS, (2010), BMC Neurol, 18, pp. 1
  • 10.1136/jnnp.65.4.492
  • 10.1136/jnnp.74.8.1105
  • 10.1212/01.WNL.0000050461.05432.C5
  • 10.1002/mus.23964
  • 10.1196/annals.1405.020
  • 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833c0982
  • 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02624.x
  • 10.1136/jnnp.74.12.1638
  • 10.1007/s00508-012-0258-2
  • 10.1159/000331481
  • 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03698.x
  • Censos—Resultados definitivos, (2012), Região Norte—2011, pp. 1
  • (2014), Estatísticas Demográficas 2013, pp. 1
  • 10.1212/WNL.51.1.255
  • 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01595-2
  • 10.1093/brain/awn092
  • 10.3109/08916930903541208
  • 10.1159/000279334
  • 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03089.x
  • 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318217e735
  • 10.1016/j.jns.2011.03.004
  • Kuks J, (2009), Clinical presentation and epidemiology in myasthenia gravis and related disorders, pp. 90
  • 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00606.x