XXXX in @entity16872  , Brazil: clinical and epidemiological aspects.

@entity1 @entity16872 @entity704 @entity1737 @entity425 @entity8491 @entity892 @entity1736 @entity934
A retrospective chart review was performed on @entity1 diagnosed as having @entity1737 in @entity16872   State, Brazil and who were followed from October 1981 to June 2009. Clinical and epidemiologic aspects were evaluated. In this work, 122 @entity1 were studied, of whom 85 (69.7%) were females and 37 (30.3%) were males. The disease duration ranged from five months to 50 years (8.9  8.1 years). Age at the first symptoms varied from 0 to 74 years (31.9  14.4 years). The first main symptoms and signs were @entity1736 , @entity892 and @entity425 . Generalized @entity1737 was the most common clinical presentation, but 5.1% (n=6) persisted as @entity1737 . Thymectomy was performed in 42.6% (n=52) of @entity8491 @entity1 . @entity704 was present in 10 patients. Serum @entity934 receptor (AChR) antibodies were present in 80% (n=20) of specimens tested. The data presented are similar to those of studies performed in other countries.
