Research Article
The Anti-Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody Test in Suspected Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
Table 4
The prevalence of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody (anti-AChR-Ab) and thyroid autoantibodies in the three groups.
| ā | Diplopia ( = 59) | Ptosis ( = 3) | Diplopia and ptosis ( = 7) | value |
| Anti-AChR-Ab (+) | 2 (3.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0.043 | Thyroid autoantibodies (+) | 12 (20.3%) | 0 | 1 (14.2%) | 0.169 | Both of them | 4 (6.8%) | 1 (33.3%) | 3 (42.9%) | 0.001 | None of them | 41 (69.5%) | 2 (66.7%) | 3 (42.9%) | 0.368 |
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