Ocular myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition affecting the muscles surrounding and involving the eyes. Symptoms can include double vision, droopy eyelids, and more. Ocular myasthenia gravis ...

Doctors may recommend oral medications such as pyridostigmine and various intravenous (IV) drugs for the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Thymectomy surgery and plasma exchange may also help. The aim ...

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Myasthenia gravis patients show higher rates of dysarthria, dysphonia, dysphagia, and aspiration pneumonia compared to non-affected individuals. Despite high disorder rates, most myasthenia gravis ...

Efgartigimod significantly reduced immunoglobulin use, with 95% reduction in annual courses and 84-97% of patients stopping use post-initiation. Hospitalizations, exacerbations, and crisis events ...

Recent clinical studies show that chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells, best known for treating B cell malignancies, can be used to treat patients with various B cell-driven autoimmune diseases.