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Safety of tapering tacrolimus dose in patients with well-controlled anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive myasthenia gravis.

Yoichiro NishidaY K TakahashiT KanaiY NoseS IshibashiNobuo SanjoAkiyuki UzawaF OdaY OzawaSatoshi KuwabaraE NoguchiS SuzukiJ NakaharaNorihiro SuzukiT OgawaK YokoyamaN HattoriS KonnoT FujiokaN KawaguchiY HatanakaM SonooJ KanekoM OginoK NishiyamaK NomuraT Yokota
Published in: European journal of neurology (2019)
Tapering of tacrolimus was possible in most patients with well-controlled anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive MG. Early age at onset and a large reduction from maintenance dosage were associated with exacerbation. Reductions ≤1.5 mg/day from the maintenance dosage should be considered for patients with late-onset disease.
Keyphrases
  • late onset
  • myasthenia gravis
  • early onset
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • binding protein
  • intensive care unit
  • respiratory failure