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  • Title: Ice test as a simple diagnostic aid for myasthenia gravis.
    Author: Ertaş M, Araç N, Kumral K, Tunçbay T.
    Journal: Acta Neurol Scand; 1994 Mar; 89(3):227-9. PubMed ID: 8030407.
    Abstract:
    It is known that myasthenia gravis is improved by cold. In two previously reported studies performed on a limited number of myasthenic patients and controls, local cold application to the eyelid was suggested for use as a diagnostic test for ocular myasthenia gravis. In this study, ice test to the eyelid was evaluated as a diagnostic test on 12 myasthenic patients and 15 controls with blepharoptosis and the results were compared with those of edrophonium test.
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