Author/Authors :
Afifi, Adel K. University of Iowa - Carver College of Medicine - Departments of Pediatrics, Neurology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, United States of America
Abstract :
The history of the development of knowledge of myasthenia gravis is reviewed. Clinical profiles of the immune and nonimmunemediated forms of myasthenia are discussed. The current theory of pathogenesis is reviewed. Tests used todiagnose myasthenia gravis, and their comparative diagnostic yields are presented. Past and current modalities of treatmentare reviewed. Future therapeutic strategies are introduced. The roles of the thymus and thymectomy in the genesis andtreatment of myasthenia gravis are discussed.
