Case Report
Seronegative Myasthenia Gravis, as a Rare Autoimmune Condition in Turner Syndrome
Table 1
Estimated prevalence of autoimmunity in Turner syndrome.
| Autoimmunity | Prevalence in TS (% of diagnosed cases) | Author, year (ref.) |
| Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | 30–60 | Elsheikh et al., 2001 [10] |
| Celiac disease | 2.7–17 | Bakalov and Gutin, 2012 [9] | Mortensen et al., 2009 [12] |
| IBD | 4 | Bakalov and Gutin, 2012 [9] |
| Type 1 diabetes mellitus | 0.9–4 | Bakalov and Gutin, 2012 [9] | Mortensen et al., 2009 [12] |
| Psoriasis | 3.1 | Bakalov and Gutin, 2012 [9] |
| Graves’ disease | 0.7–2.7 | Elsheikh et al., 2001 [10] | Valenzise et al., 2014 [11] |
| Adrenal antibodies | 1-2 | Hamza et al., 2013 [8] | Mortensen et al., 2009 [12] |
| JRA and RA | 0.9 | Bakalov and Gutin, 2012 [9] |
| Ankylosing spondylitis | 0.4 | Bakalov and Gutin, 2012 [9] |
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IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; JRA: juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; RA: rheumatoid arthritis.
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