The effect of cholinesterase inhibitors of SFEMG in myasthenia gravis

Muscle Nerve. 1989 Feb;12(2):154-5. doi: 10.1002/mus.880120211.

Abstract

We report four patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) in whom single-fiber electromyography (SFEMG) jitter measurements were normal in some muslces while they were taking pyridostigmine and became abnormal 2-14 days after the medication was discontinued. When the abnormality of neuromuscular transmission in MG is mild, cholinesterase inhibitors may mask the findings of increased jitter on SFEMG.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Electromyography*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Myasthenia Gravis / physiopathology*
  • Synaptic Transmission / drug effects

Substances

  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors