The development of myasthenia gravis ten years after detection of thymoma ... to Dr. Ralfaele Lattes for reviewing the lesion of the thymus, to Dr. Wayne Tobin for performing electromyographic ...

In most cases, the first step in altering the course of myasthenia gravis is surgical removal of the thymus gland (thymectomy). The thymus gland is located behind the sternum (breastbone) and is ...

In part 2 of our interview with Katie Abouzahr, MD, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we discuss the challenge inherent ...

Myasthenia gravis, or MG, is "a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular ... In some cases, abnormalities in a small organ called the thymus gland "also appear to play a role in triggering or exacerbating ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) should be subgrouped into early ... Early thymectomy is recommended for thymoma MG. All thymus tissue needs to be removed surgically. Intensive care and ventilatory support ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) does not have stages but classes ... particularly in those who undergo surgery to remove the thymus.

We have some surgeries. The surgery that is used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis is a thymectomy or removal of the thymus gland. The thymus gland is a gland that's involved in our autoimmune ...

For this study, outcomes were compared between 2 groups of patients with myasthenia gravis: those who developed exacerbations ...

The FDA has granted Priority Review to nipocalimab for the treatment of antibody positive patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.

But with people suffering from myasthenia gravis, the thymus is usually large. Though it is not clear how a large thymus gives rise to the condition, experts believe that an abnormal thymus can ...