Anti-LRP4 myasthenia gravis (MG): management

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Anti-LRP4 myasthenia gravis (MG): management. Electromyogram (EMG): this is usually normal. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Chest CT

  • Electromyogram (EMG): this is usually normal
  • CT chest: this shows thymus hyperplasia in about a third of cases

Treatment

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Acronym

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References

  1. Nikolic AV, Bojic SD, Rakocevic Stojanovic VM, Basta IZ, Lavrnic DV. Electrophysiological findings in patients with low density lipoprotein receptor related protein 4 positive myasthenia gravis. Eur J Neurol 2016; 23:1635-1641.
  2. Li Y, Zhang Y, Cai G, He D, Dai Q, Xu Z, Chu L. Anti-LRP4 autoantibodies in Chinese patients with myasthenia gravis. Muscle Nerve 2017; 56:938-942.
  3. Zisimopoulou P, Evangelakou P, Tzartos J, et al. A comprehensive analysis of the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of anti-LRP4 in myasthenia gravis. J Autoimmun 2014; 52:139-145.

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