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The autoimmune spectrum of myasthenia gravis: a Swedish population-based study.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 May 2015
Fang F, Sveinsson O, Thormar G, Granqvist M, Askling J, Lundberg I E, Ye W, Hammarström L, Pirskanen R, Piehl F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of myasthenia gravis (MG) and the rate of concurrent autoimmune diseases in patients with MG. DESIGN AND SETTING: Using the Swedish health and population registers, during the period 2005-2010, we conducted a nested case-control study of patients with MG (n = 2045) with five age- and sex-matched population-based controls per case. Register-based MG diagnosis was validated...
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