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Myasthenia gravis is a chronic condition that causes muscles to tire and weaken easily. For example, if you have myasthenia gravis, you may notice that during a meal, your jaw muscles become tired and ...

It’s a lifelong autoimmune neuromuscular disease. It causes certain muscles to weaken easily after you use them. Muscle fatigue typically varies throughout the day (sometimes hour by hour) and gets ...

This autoimmune disorder affects how well your nerves and muscles communicate, leading to a variety of symptoms. Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune condition that affects signaling between ...

Thymectomy is a type of surgery for myasthenia gravis (MG). It involves removing the thymus gland. Modern thymectomy techniques are minimally invasive and can have long-term benefits for symptoms.

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that blocks proper communication between your nerves and muscles, leading to weakness of your voluntary muscles (the muscles you can control and move at will ...

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. The ...