Optic neuritis with an autoimmune disease (myasthenia gravis)
Mapelli, G.; De Palma, P.; Franco, F.; Fini, M.
Acta Neurologica 8(2): 141-144
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6276 PMID: 3716899 Document Number: 281848
A case is described in which a recurrent retrobulbar optic neuritis occurred in the course of myasthenia gravis. The unusual concurrence of myasthenia gravis and optic neuritis in the same patient might support the idea that there is a disorder of immune function in optic neuritis.
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