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University of Ottawa, Open Medicine, 6(8), p. 799-802, 2013
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-013-0239-5
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Systemic lupus erythematosus followed by myasthenia gravis: a rare association
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Sirbu Elena,
Elena Sîrbu,
Oana Milas,
Maxim Petrica,
Ligia Petrica 
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Abstract Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and myasthenia gravis (MG) are autoimmune diseases, their association in the same patient being rarely described. Here, we report a case of SLE in a 19-year-old girl who within 2 years of the diagnosis of SLE developed MG, and underwent thymectomy for a benign thymoma immediately thereafter.