Which novel immunomodulatory treatment(s) do you consider in refractory seronegative bulbar-predominant myasthenia?
Presuming failure/intolerance of steroids, MMF, azathioprine, maintenance IVIg
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Re-evaluate the diagnosis. Acetylcholine receptor and MuSK antibody-negative myasthenia with prominent bulbar symptoms, refractory to all the agents mentioned (steroids, MMF, AZA, IVIG) is an extremely rare scenario. Differential diagnosis includes bulbar onset ALS and numerous myopathies (e.g. IB...
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Thank you very much. This topic is always very dif...
I totally agree with the thoughtful comments. I ha...