CHEMICAL STUDIES IN MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
Authors: Mildred Adams, Marschelle H. Power, Walter M. Boothby
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Article1 January 1936CHEMICAL STUDIES IN MYASTHENIA GRAVISMILDRED ADAMS, PH.D., MARSCHELLE H. POWER, PH.D., WALTER M. BOOTHBY, M.D., F.A.C.P.MILDRED ADAMS, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, MARSCHELLE H. POWER, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, WALTER M. BOOTHBY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-7-823 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPrevious metabolic studies of subjects with myasthenia gravis have dealt chiefly with the inorganic metabolism, particularly that of calcium and magnesium, and with the metabolism of nitrogen, creatine, creatinine, and carbohydrate. The results have been more or less contradictory. Marburg1reported a high blood magnesium in one case, but Hellich,2and Hellich and Tessenow3found that the values for the magnesium of the blood were normal (three cases). Bayha4reported a low blood calcium in one case, in contrast to normal values found by Hellich, Hellich and Tessenow, Marburg, Berglund, Medes and Lohmann5and Reuter.6Laurent and Walther7have recently...Bibliography1. MARBURG O: Zur Pathogenese der Myasthenie (Mineralstoffwechsel-Thymus), Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1931, xliv, 413-414. Google Scholar2. HELLICH I: Zur Kenntnis des Mineralstoffwechsels bei Myasthenia pseudoparalytica, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Nervenh., 1932, cxxiv, 239-246. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HELLICHTESSENOW IC: Stoffwechseluntersuchungen bei "Myasthenia pseudoparalytica," Ztschr. f. d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat., 1933, cxlvi, 219-228. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BAYHA CH: Myasthenia gravis, Ohio State Med. Jr., 1931, xxvii, 956-958. Google Scholar5. 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