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New-onset myasthenia gravis after mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: a case series.

Gaia FanellaClaudio BaiataElisa CandeloroGianpaolo ToscanoSilvia ColnaghiMarco MauriLucia Princiotta CariddiValentina RebecchiFrancesca SolazzoPaola BanfiMarialuisa PiattiCarlo FerrareseMaurizio Versino
Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)
MG is a rare disease; clinicians should be aware of possible new-onset MG after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, especially with the current recommendation of booster doses. The hyperstimulation of the innate immune system or the exacerbation of a subclinical pre-existing MG could be possible explanations.
Keyphrases
  • sars cov
  • myasthenia gravis
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • immune response
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • palliative care
  • intensive care unit
  • respiratory failure
  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation