Table 1.

The demographic data and characteristics of comorbid AIDP and MG (8 cases).

Characteristics	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5	Case 6	Case 7	Case 8
Author (yr)	Regev I(1982)	Regev I(1982)	Carlander B(1991)	Kizilay F(2008)	Kung SL(2009)	Wang JY(2011)	Hsieh MY(2013)	Zhang J(2013)
Population	Israel	Israel	France	USA	Taiwan/China	China	Taiwan/China	China
Gender	F	F	M	M	F	M	F	M
Age	60	29	45	52	36	42	17	73
Preceding factors	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Clinical characteristics	Limb weakness, areflexia, ptosis, dyspnea, facial palsy	Limb weakness, areflexia, facial palsy, dysphagia, ptosis, dyspnea	Limb weakness, areflexia, facial palsy, ptosis, respiratory failure	Limb weakness, areflexia, ptosis, ophthalmoplegia	Limb weakness, areflexia, ptosis, ophthalmoplegia, facial palsy, dysarthria, respiratory failure	Limb weakness, areflexia, ptosis, ophthalmoplegia	Limb weakness, areflexia, ptosis, dysphagia, dysarthria, respiratory failure	Mild dyspnea, mild dysarthria and dysphagia, intubation, ptosis and weakness,
Albumino-cytologic dissociation	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	-
Nerve conduction	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
RNS	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Anti-AChR antibody	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Anti-GQ1b antibody	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Edrophonium chloride	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	+
Treatment	-	-	Pyridostigmine	IVIG, steroids, pyridostigmine	Plasma exchange, Pyridostigmine, steroids	IVIG, steroids, pyridostigmine, azathioprinum	IVIG, steroids, pyridostigmine	pyridostigmine, IVIG, methylprednisolone
Thymectomy	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-
Prognosis	-	-	6	3	1	0	0	4

MG - Myasthenia gravis, AIDP - Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, IVIG - intravenous immunoglobulin, RNS - repetitive nerve stimulation, Functional outcome was ranked according to the adopted scale by Hughes: 0 healthy; 1 minor symptoms or signs, able to run; 2 able to walk >5 m without assistance, but unable to run; 3 able to walk >5 m with assistance; 4 bed- or chair-bound; 5 requiring assisted ventilation for at least part of the day; and 6 dead. “+” indicates the patient had precipitating factors from infectious disease. “-” indicates the patient did not have precipitating factors from infectious disease. As for the other parameters, “+” indicates positive findings, and “-” indicates negative findings.