In a global study of myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and fatigue, researchers found that surgical removal of an organ called the thymus reduced patients' weakness, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Surgery to remove the thymus gland in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), a rare autoimmune disease affecting neuromuscular function, provides significant clinical benefits for as ...

The patient in this case experienced significant muscle weakness after emerging from anesthesia. A patient who emerged from general anesthesia with upper and lower extremity weakness caused worry ...

Surgery to remove the thymus gland in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), a rare autoimmune disease affecting neuromuscular function, provides significant clinical benefits for as long as five years ...

Surgery to remove the thymus gland in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), a rare autoimmune disease affecting neuromuscular function, provides significant clinical benefits for as long as five years ...

OTTAWA — Established treatments such as thymectomy and steroids remain mainstays in the management of myasthenia gravis (MG), according to a presentation at the Canadian Neurological Sciences ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis and was advised to have surgery to remove my thymus gland. How invasive is this surgery? Is myasthenia gravis genetic? Do I have to worry ...

Purpose Myasthenia gravis can cause variable strabismus with disabling diplopia and/or poor cosmesis. A retrospective study of a group of patients with myasthenia gravis or ‘myasthenia gravis like’ ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Surgery to remove the thymus gland in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), a rare autoimmune disease affecting neuromuscular function, provides significant clinical benefits for as ...

With treatment, myasthenia gravis can generally be controlled. In fact, about 50 percent of people who have their thymus gland removed may experience long-lasting, complete remission of myasthenia ...