A 47-year old thymectomized woman with myasthenia gravis, receiving prednisone therapy, developed amnesia for recent events during a benign acute febrile illness. Plasma exchange was performed 9 months later, and was followed by a dramatic improvement of the mnemonic dysfunction.
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