| Title: |
Severe Asthma Associated with Myasthenia Gravis |
| Authors: |
Natasha Satkunam, Zaeem A Siddiqi, Dilini Vethanayagam |
| Source: |
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp e1-e3 (2014) |
| Publisher Information: |
Hindawi Limited, 2014. |
| Publication Year: |
2014 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Diseases of the respiratory system |
| Subject Terms: |
Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779 |
| More Details: |
Severe asthma constitutes a subgroup of approximately 10% of all asthma cases. Approximately one-half of these individuals have a refractory form of the disease in which atopy and T-helper cell 2-skewed immunological response may not be as closely linked to the disease as in other phenotypes of asthma. This suggests that not all asthma is explained by a T-helper cell 2-skewed immunological response, and that other immunological mechanisms may be important in this category of nonatopic asthma. The authors present a case involving a 55-year-old Caucasian man with nonatopic, adult-onset asthma, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug sensitivity and idiopathic urticaria. This individual presented two years following his initial asthma diagnosis with diplopia and mild ptosis, and was subsequently diagnosed with seropositive myasthenia gravis. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1198-2241 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/1198-2241 |
| DOI: |
10.1155/2014/914719 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/b9c9e0f4ba354f8fa2038f15c162f028 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.b9c9e0f4ba354f8fa2038f15c162f028 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
