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Salbutamol therapy in congenital myasthenic syndrome due to DOK7 mutation.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Aug 2013
Lorenzoni Paulo J, Scola Rosana H, Kay Cláudia S K, Filla Luciane, Miranda Anna P P, Pinheiro João M R, Chaouch Amina, Lochmüller Hanns, Werneck Lineu C
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INTRODUCTION: Salbutamol is a selective B2-adrenergic agonist, which has previously been described to be associated with partial improvement of myasthenia gravis and congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS). In this study, we analyzed the effect of salbutamol in five patients with Dok-7 CMS. METHODS: We studied 5 patients (2 male and 3 female), with a mean age of 27±11.06 years, who harbored c.1124_1127dupTGCC,...
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