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Improved outcomes with early immunosuppression in patients with immune-checkpoint inhibitor induced...

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Improved outcomes with early immunosuppression in patients with immune-checkpoint inhibitor induced myasthenia gravis, myocarditis and myositis: a case series

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Improved outcomes with early immunosuppression in patients with immune-checkpoint inhibitor induced myasthenia gravis, myocarditis and myositis: a case series

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Supportive care in cancer, 2023-09, Vol.31 (9), p.518, Article 518

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Purpose
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare but life-threatening complication of immune-checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy and often co-presents with myositis and myocarditis. Previous case series of ICI-related MG have reported high mortality rates. We present a series of ten patients from a tertiary oncology centre outlining outcomes of an early...

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Full title

Improved outcomes with early immunosuppression in patients with immune-checkpoint inhibitor induced myasthenia gravis, myocarditis and myositis: a case series

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2850304586

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2850304586

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ISSN

0941-4355,1433-7339

E-ISSN

1433-7339

DOI

10.1007/s00520-023-07987-x

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