Read more about Eaton-Lambert syndrome. Myasthenia gravis is a disorder in which normal communication between the nerve and muscle is interrupted at the neuromuscular junction. Normally when impulses ...

Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular junction disorder with a hallmark of progressive muscle weakness and frequent ...

In myasthenia gravis antibodies block, alter or destroy the receptors for acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction, which prevents the muscle from contracting. In most individuals with ...

We do know that myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition. So there's an autoimmune response that's directed at the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction. And therefore ...

I'm Dr. John Whyte, the Chief Medical Officer at WebMD. Today, I want to discuss myasthenia gravis. It's a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disease that causes weakness and fatigue of voluntary muscles.

THE occurrence of thyrotoxicosis in patients with myasthenia gravis is not rare, over 90 such cases having been reported since the turn of the century. 1,2 Various estimates place the incidence of ...

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Sugammadex effectively reverses neuromuscular blockade in myasthenia gravis patients, ensuring rapid recovery and minimal complications. The review of 24 studies with 1679 patients showed no ...

There are several ongoing clinical trials in myasthenia gravis, ALS, and CIDP that fellows could actively participate in. Guided by career goals, opportunities exist to participate in basic and ...

Generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) affects most patients through a handful of well-characterized neuromuscular junction ...