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Journal article

Muscle weakness in a girl with autoimmune hepatitis and Graves’ disease

Abstract

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic hepatic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology associated with inflammatory changes and autoantibodies. The combination of AIH, Grave’s disease, and myasthenia gravis (MG) is rare, with only one other case reported. We report a pediatric patient with AIH type 2 and Grave’s disease who developed MG whilst on a treatment with corticosteroids. A 13-year-old girl, diagnosed with thyrotoxicosis, was identified …

Authors

Sarkhy A; Persad R; Tarnopolsky M

Journal

European Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 168, No. 2, pp. 241–243

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

February 2009

DOI

10.1007/s00431-008-0738-6

ISSN

0340-6199