A 12-year-old patient suffering from paralysis of the optic muscles, difficulty swallowing and speaking, and generalized muscle weakness, especially following exercise was seen in the clinic. Following administration of endrophonium (Tensilon), the patient's muscle strength returned to normal for approximately five minutes. Which of the following is the likely diagnosis?
A) myasthenia gravis
B) Reye's syndrome
C) Werdnig-Hoffman paralysis
D) Guillain-Barré syndrome
A
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