Publications by authors named "Kaitlin Batley"

Background: Juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is a rare autoimmune disease that causes fatigable muscle weakness in children aged <18 years. There is currently no curative treatment or internationally accepted standard of care for JMG. The objective is to investigate relationships between clinical presentation, antibody status, severity of disease onset, electrodiagnostic evaluation, and response to therapy in JMG.

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  • A study aimed to explore how genetic diagnoses in epilepsy patients impact their clinical management and health outcomes, focusing on data from patients tested for genetic variants between 2016 and 2020.
  • The research included 418 patients, with a median age of 4 years, and found that nearly half (49.8%) experienced changes in clinical management due to genetic results, often within three months.
  • Common changes included starting new medications, referrals to specialists, and monitoring for other health issues related to the genetic findings.*
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