[pubmed] Myasthenia Gravis in Poland: National Healthcare Database Epidemiological Study

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Neuroepidemiology. 2021 Feb 19:1-8. doi: 10.1159/000512973. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular junction. MG epidemiology has not been studied in Poland in a nationwide study before.

METHODS: Our epidemiological data were drawn from the National Health Fund (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia, NFZ) database; an MG patient was defined as a person who received at least once medical service coded in ICD-10 as MG (G70) and at least 2 reimbursed prescriptions for pyridostigmine bromide (Mestinon®) or ambenonium chloride (Mytelase®) in 2 consecutive years.

RESULTS: On 1st of January 2019, 8,702 patients with MG were receiving symptomatic treatment (female:male ratio: 1.65:1). MG incidence was 2.36/100,000. The mean age of incident cases in 2018 was 61.37 years, 59.17 years for women and 64.12 years for men. Incidence of early-onset MG (

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