Evaluation of cardiac autonomic functions in myasthenia gravis

Kocabas Z., KIZILAY F., BAŞARICI İ., UYSAL H.

NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH, vol.40, no.5, pp.405-412, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/01616412.2018.1446690
  • Journal Name: NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.405-412
  • Keywords: Myasthenia gravis, cardiac autonomic dysfunction, heart rate variability, baroreceptor reflex sensitivity, parasympathetic insufficiency, HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY, CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION, PYRIDOSTIGMINE, DIAGNOSIS, DISEASE
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to comprehensively evaluate cardiac autonomic function in patients with MG and to investigate the relationship between this disorder and disease duration, thymoma and acetylcholine receptor antibody positivity in cases of cardiac autonomic disorder.