Журнал инфектологии (Dec 2021)

New onset of generalized myasthenia gravis developed after a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

  • T. M. Alekseeva,
  • P. Sh. Isabekova,
  • M. P. Topuzova,
  • N. V. Skripchenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22625/2072-6732-2021-13-4-127-132
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 4
pp. 127 – 132

Abstract

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Development of various immune-mediated neurological complications after a viral infection is of particular interest to medical society during a pandemic of COVID-19. It was found that SARS-CoV-2 has the ability to cause hyperstimulation of the immune system, thereby initiating developing of autoimmune diseases. The article describes a clinical case of new onset of generalized myasthenia gravis with thymoma in a patient after previous COVID-19.

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