Muscle & Nerve
Volume 70, Issue 4 pp. 731-732
ISSUES AND OPINIONS

Myasthenia gravis Lambert–Eaton overlap syndrome: Recommended modification for the diagnostic criteria

Shin J. Oh MD, 

Corresponding Author

Shin J. Oh MD

Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Correspondence

Shin J. Oh, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.

Email: [email protected]

Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, ​Investigation, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

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First published: 28 July 2024
https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.28221

Abstract

In 2016, MLOS (myasthenia gravis Lambert–Eaton overlap syndrome) was coined to represent an entity of overlap syndrome of myasthenia gravis and Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Fifty-five MLOS patients have been identified. Modification of the diagnostic criteria for MG by adding MuSK positive antibody testing is recommended. Two MuSK positive MLOS patients were identified by the new diagnostic criteria.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

The author declares no conflicts of interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.

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