[CITATION][C] “Crisis” in myasthenia gravis: an historical perspective
JC Keesey - Muscle & Nerve: Official Journal of the American …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
JC Keesey
Muscle & Nerve: Official Journal of the American Association of …, 2002•Wiley Online LibraryOne of the first books I bought when I went to medical school was Dorland's Illustrated
Medical Dictionary (1957). It had 32 examples of “crisis,” including “oculogyric crisis,”“tabetic
crisis,” and even “clitoris crisis,” but “myasthenic crisis” and “cholinergic crisis” were not
included. It defined “crisis” as “the turning point in the course of a disease for good or evil.”
Medical Dictionary (1957). It had 32 examples of “crisis,” including “oculogyric crisis,”“tabetic
crisis,” and even “clitoris crisis,” but “myasthenic crisis” and “cholinergic crisis” were not
included. It defined “crisis” as “the turning point in the course of a disease for good or evil.”
One of the first books I bought when I went to medical school was Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1957). It had 32 examples of “crisis,” including “oculogyric crisis,”“tabetic crisis,” and even “clitoris crisis,” but “myasthenic crisis” and “cholinergic crisis” were not included. It defined “crisis” as “the turning point in the course of a disease for good or evil.”
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