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Enayat Niakan, MD; Yadollah Harati, MD; Loren A. Rolak, MD

Arch Neurol. 1986;43(2):155-156.

Abstract
• We reviewed the records of 37 patients with myasthenia gravis treated with azathioprine (n = 10) or cyclophosphamide (n = 27). All patients had received prednisone and anticholinesterase therapy, and most had undergone thymectomy prior to immunosuppressive therapy. Thirty patients (81%) responded to treatment. Both azathioprine and cyclophosphamide were found to be effective in the treatment of myasthenia gravis. The degree of improvement was more pronounced in patients with thymoma.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 22, 1985.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, 6501 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030 (Dr Harati).

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