Abstract
We report on four consecutive patients with Parkinson's disease, in whom anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody positive bulbar myasthenia gravis (MG) turned out to be responsible for progressive dysphagia.
Keywords:
Acetylcholine receptor antibody; Dysarthria; Dysphagia; Myasthenia gravis; Parkinson’s disease.
MeSH terms
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Aged, 80 and over
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Autoantibodies / blood
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Deglutition Disorders / classification
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Deglutition Disorders / diagnosis*
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Deglutition Disorders / immunology
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Disease Progression*
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Dysarthria / classification
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Dysarthria / diagnosis
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Dysarthria / immunology
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Humans
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Male
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Myasthenia Gravis / classification
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Myasthenia Gravis / diagnosis*
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Myasthenia Gravis / immunology
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Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital / classification
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Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital / diagnosis*
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Myasthenic Syndromes, Congenital / immunology
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Parkinson Disease / classification
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Parkinson Disease / diagnosis*
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Parkinson Disease / immunology
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Receptors, Cholinergic / immunology
Substances
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Autoantibodies
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Receptors, Cholinergic
Supplementary concepts
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Myasthenia, Limb-Girdle, Autoimmune