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    Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a long-term neuromuscular junction disease that leads to varying degrees of skeletal muscle weakness. The most commonly affected...
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  • Ocular myasthenia gravis (MG) is a disease of the neuromuscular junction resulting in hallmark variability in muscle weakness and fatigability. MG is...
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  • Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis, i.e., TNMG (also termed neonatal myasthenia gravis), and its more severe form, fetal acetylcholine receptor inactivation...
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  • especially myasthenia gravis. It is also used to distinguish a myasthenic crisis from a cholinergic crisis in individuals undergoing treatment for myasthenia gravis...
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    with neuromuscular disorders such as myasthenia gravis; thymoma is found in 20% of patients with myasthenia gravis. Once diagnosed, thymomas may be removed...
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  • neuromuscular junction fails to function correctly. In diseases such as myasthenia gravis, the end plate potential (EPP) fails to effectively activate the muscle...
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    electromyography and blood tests; these also distinguish it from myasthenia gravis, a related autoimmune neuromuscular disease. If the disease is associated...
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    the neuromuscular junction, whereas autoimmune diseases, such as myasthenia gravis, occur when antibodies are produced against nicotinic acetylcholine...
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  • sold under the brand name Vyvgart, is a medication used to treat myasthenia gravis. Efgartigimod alfa is a neonatal Fc receptor blocker and is a new...
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  • myopathy. It occurs in neuromuscular junction disorders, such as myasthenia gravis.[citation needed] Muscle cells work by detecting a flow of electrical...
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    autoimmune diseases such as autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 and myasthenia gravis. These are often associated with cancer of the tissue of the thymus...
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  • Polish paraglider design Gravis (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago Gravis, an alien in the Doctor Who story Frontios Myasthenia gravis, a long-term neuromuscular...
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    operation to remove the thymus. It usually results in remission of myasthenia gravis with the help of medication including steroids. However, this remission...
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  • name Rystiggo, is a monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Rozanolixizumab is a humanized and chimeric monoclonal antibody;...
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    (furosemide) Eaton-Lambert syndrome: inhibits P-type calcium channels Myasthenia gravis Botulinum toxin: inhibits SNARE proteins Calcium channel blockers...
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  • Spider-Man comic book series, where she appears as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis, connected to a life support system resembling a spiderweb. Madame...
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  • determine ocular myasthenia gravis. It was first described by the Scottish neurologist John Alexander Simpson. In myasthenia gravis, there is a variable...
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  • Muscle weakness (redirect from Myasthenia)
    myopathy. It occurs in neuromuscular junction disorders, such as myasthenia gravis. Muscle weakness can also be caused by low levels of potassium and...
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    DM Type 1. HLA DR3 is correlated strongly with Sjögren syndrome, myasthenia gravis, lupus erythematosus, and type 1 diabetes mellitus. HLA DR4 is correlated...
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    and myasthenia gravis has been recognized. Thyroid disease, in this condition, is autoimmune in nature and approximately 5% of people with myasthenia gravis...
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    diagnosis. Other diseases such as Guillain–Barré syndrome, stroke, and myasthenia gravis can appear similar to botulism, and special tests may be needed to...
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    common medical conditions include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and muscular dystrophy.[citation needed] The first step before insertion...
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    in nature, or as broad and systemic. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Myasthenia gravis, and Guillain-Barre syndrome are a few instances of them. The Charcot-Marie-Tooth...
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    In neuroscience, nerve conduction velocity (CV) is the speed at which an electrochemical impulse propagates down a neural pathway. Conduction velocities...
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  • Myasthenia is a medical term for muscle weakness. The term may also refer to: Myasthenia gravis Ocular myasthenia Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis...
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    include spontaneous tendon ruptures, nerve damage, and worsening of myasthenia gravis. Safety of use in pregnancy and breastfeeding is unclear. Moxifloxacin...
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  • effects of the disease are similar to Lambert-Eaton Syndrome and myasthenia gravis, the difference being that CMS is not an autoimmune disorder. There...
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    PMID 23522777. Pascuzzi, Robert M.; Bodkin, Cynthia L. (2022-12-22). "Myasthenia Gravis and Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome: New Developments in Diagnosis...
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  • Myaware, formerly the Myasthenia Gravis Association is the leading UK charity for people with myasthenia gravis, congenital myasthenia, Lambert–Eaton myasthenic...
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    making it useful for the treatment of cholinergic disorders and myasthenia gravis. More recently, physostigmine has been used to improve the memory...
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