Due to the global health alert that exists these days in the face of the SARS-COV2 pandemic, a group of world experts in Myasthenia Gravis has developed a document of recommendations for patients and doctors. In the attached document you will find general recommendations for patients with Myasthenia Gravis and Eaton-Lambert Syndrome, indications for starting treatment and for patients in a clinical trial.
Authors of recomendations:
Amanda Guidon, MD
Department of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 02114, USA
Jeff Guptill, MD
Department of Neurology
Duke University Medical Center
USA
Michael Hehir, MD
Department of Neurology
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA
James F. Howard Jr., MD
Department of Neurology
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7025, USA
Isabel Illa, MD, PhD
Catedràtica Neurologia U.A.B.
Unitat Patologia Neuromuscular
Servei Neurologia – Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau
C/ Pare Claret 167 Barcelona 08025 Spain
Saiju Jacob, MBBS, MD, DPhil
Department of Neurology and Neuroimmunology
University Hospitals Birmingham, B15 2TH
United Kingdom
Renato Mantegazza, MD
Department of Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases
Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Via Celoria 11 – 20133 Milano, Italy
Srikanth Muppidi, MD
Department of Neurology
Stanford Neuroscience Health Center
Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Hiroyuki Murai, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
International University of Health and Welfare
Narita, Japan
Richard J. Nowak, MD
Department of Neurology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Kimiaki Utsugisawa, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
Hanamaki General Hospital
Japan
John Vissing, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
2082 Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen
DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Heinz Wiendl, MD
Department of Neurology
Institute of Translational Neurology
University of Münster – Münster, Germany