Ocular myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition affecting the muscles surrounding and involving the eyes. Symptoms can include double vision, droopy eyelids, and more. Ocular myasthenia gravis ...

Doctors may recommend oral medications such as pyridostigmine and various intravenous (IV) drugs for the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Thymectomy surgery and plasma exchange may also help. The aim ...

Myasthenia gravis is becoming increasingly common around the world, with a resulting disease burden beset by high health care resource utilization, decreased quality of life, and worsened mental ...

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Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that inhibits communication between nerve cells and muscles, causing muscle weakness. It has no cure, but several treatment options can help improve ...

Myasthenia gravis patients show higher rates of dysarthria, dysphonia, dysphagia, and aspiration pneumonia compared to non-affected individuals. Despite high disorder rates, most myasthenia gravis ...

Recent clinical studies show that chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells, best known for treating B cell malignancies, can be used to treat patients with various B cell-driven autoimmune diseases.