Late results of pregnancy and labor in myasthenia patients
Dogel', L.V.; Arkhangel'skiĭ, A.E.; Sadovaia, L.N.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 84(11): 1609-1613
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 6524179 Document Number: 229205
The results of a follow-up study involving 55 parous myasthenic patients and their offspring (a total of 63 births) are presented. The observation period lasted from 5 to 20 years after delivery. Of all the children born to these parents, two died immediately after birth. The remaining children show no signs of asthenia, their development being normal for their age. Persistent aggravation of the patients' status was noted in women with pregnancy-provoked myasthenia, with severe generalized forms of progressive myasthenia and with "thymonegative" variants of the disease.