Am J Psychiatry 1977; 134:1025-1027
Copyright © 1977 by American Psychiatric Association
Coexisting childhood schizophrenia and myasthenia gravis treated successfully with neostigmine bromide
RC Schnackenberg and G Holmes
A 12-year-old boy who had suffered from severe schizophrenia for 8 years
developed myasthenia gravis. Both disorders were treated simultaneously and
successfully with neostigmine bromide. The authors suggest that these two
disorders may in some cases be part of the same disease process and urge
that physicians consider this possibility in patients with severe emotional
problems and muscle weakness.
