Congenital Myasthenia and Facial Malformations

Abstract

A new genetic syndrome of congenital myasthenia with distinctive ethnic clustering and associated facial malformations transmitted as an autosomal recessive disorder is reported from the Departments of Neurology and Medical Genetics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashcmer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Keywords

• congenital myasthenia
• predominant facial muscle weakness
• mandibular prognathism