Medical Articles On Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia Gravis - National Institute of Neurological …

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/myasthenia-gravis

Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune, neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles (the muscles that connect to your bones and contract to allow body movement in the arms and legs, and allow for breathing). The …

Myasthenia gravis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/myasthenia-gravis/symptoms-causes/syc-20352036

Myasthenia Gravis | NEJM - New England Journal of …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1602678

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease in which antibodies bind to acetylcholine receptors or to functionally related molecules in the postsynaptic membrane at the neuromuscular junction.

How is treatment for myasthenia gravis evolving?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-is-treatment-for-myasthenia-gravis-evolving-2021041222358

Myasthenia gravis (MG) — a medical term that translates as “serious muscle weakness” — is a rare neuromuscular disease. An …

Myasthenia Gravis | Johns Hopkins Medicine

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/myasthenia-gravis

Myasthenia gravis is a chronic, complex, autoimmune disorder in which antibodies destroy neuromuscular connections. This causes problems with communication between nerves …

Myasthenia gravis: Treatment, symptoms, and causes

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/179968

“Myasthenia gravis” literally means “grave muscle weakness,” but many cases are mild, and life expectancy is normal. The muscles around the eyes tend to be affected first, causing the eyelids to...

Myasthenia Gravis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559331/

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is the most common disorder affecting the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) of the skeletal muscles. The classic presentation is a fluctuating weakness that is more prominent in …

Update on myasthenia gravis | Postgraduate Medical …

https://pmj.bmj.com/content/80/950/690

Myasthenia gravis is a potentially serious but treatable organ specific autoimmune disorder characterised by weakness and fatigability of the voluntary muscles that is caused by autoantibodies against the nicotinic …

Myasthenia gravis: new developments in research and …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28654435/

Myasthenia gravis: new developments in research and treatment In the recent past, there has been an active search for new antigens in myasthenia gravis, whereas clinical and …

Myasthenia gravis | Neurology

https://n.neurology.org/content/55/1/16

The Medical Scientific Advisory Board (MSAB) of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) formed a Task Force in May 1997 to address these …