[ XXXX : clinical course and strategies for treatment].

@entity1 @entity229 @entity4836 @entity1737 @entity2788 @entity892 @entity288
INTRODUCTION: @entity1737 is a localized form of @entity1737 in which only the extra-ocular muscles are clinically affected, namely the levator palpebrae superioris and orbicularis oculi. Two years after onset of the @entity2788 , it became generalized in 44-53% of the @entity1 . OBJECTIVE: 1. To describe the clinical features, diagnostic characteristics and clinical course of seven @entity1 who fulfilled the criteria for diagnosis of @entity1737 and in whom the condition did not become generalized: 2. Review recent papers on this. Material and methods. We studied seven @entity1 (two @entity1 and two @entity1 ) diagnosed as having @entity1737 , and followed them up for at least three years. RESULTS: The average age was 56.5. The clinical findings were of ptosis of the eyelids and @entity892 . All seven @entity1 were treated with @entity4836 . In six cases prednisone was also given and in one @entity1 thymectomy was done. There was a satisfactory result in all cases. CONCLUSIONS: The basic treatment of @entity1737 is with anticholinesterases and @entity288 . Occasionally other immunosuppressives may be required. @entity229 seems to reduce the number of @entity1 who go on to develop the generalized form.
