DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter has myasthenia gravis. She had a thymectomy, but wasn’t helped. What is the latest treatment for this disease? Is there any relationship to female hormones? Myasthenia ...

As of December 2024, five Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapies can treat myasthenia gravis symptoms and may allow partial to complete remission. There is still no cure, but modern ...

Richard J. Nowak, MD, is director of the Myasthenia Gravis Clinic, director of Clinical & Translational Neuromuscular Research (CTNR), and associate professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine.

In myasthenia gravis, antibodies bind to acetylcholinase receptors, preventing muscle contratctions. When should plasmapheresis be considered? At what point in the course of myasthenia gravis (MG) ...

Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that disrupts nerve-to-muscle signaling, causing weakness. Modern treatments help many people live typical life spans and enter remission.

Only 6% to 12% of patients with MG are truly seronegative (i.e., have negative standard assays for AChR antibodies and MuSK antibodies). 8 These individuals may also be referred to as double negative, ...

Analyzing trends from online conversations among patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), researchers found that issues with current treatments were mentioned in nearly 24% of conversations. Patients are ...

The treatment pipeline for generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) continues to be active, a consequence of the ongoing progress in knowledge that led to approval of six new drugs for the disease. In ...