A new study has found that myasthenia gravis does not affect the long-term prognosis of patients with thymoma. The study analyzed the clinical and pathological data of 509 patients who underwent ...

FOR many years it has been recognized that myasthenia gravis is associated, in a high percentage of cases, with structural abnormalities of the thymus. 1 Many patients, especially the younger ones, ...

This study was performed with the aim to investigate the correlations of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) gene promoter polymorphisms with the risk of thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis (T-MG) in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. –- A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine addresses a question doctors have sought to clarify for decades: whether a surgery conducted since the 1940s benefits the patients ...

THE relation between myasthenia gravis and thymic tumors remains obscure despite the fact that much careful study and thought has been given this fascinating subject. In the majority of reported cases ...

The first global randomized controlled trial of patients with major myasthenia gravis without a thymus tumor (thymoma) has shown that thymectomy surgery plus immunosuppression with alternate-day ...

.BUFFALO, N.Y. — The first-ever randomized study of the removal of the thymus gland in treating myasthenia gravis was conducted in 2016. Led by Gil I. Wolfe, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the ...

The American Oncology Institute (AOI) in Guntur has successfully treated a rare and complex case of Myasthenia Gravis associated with Thymoma in a 61-year-old patient, Vattivela Adinarayana. The ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine addresses a question doctors have sought to clarify for decades: whether a surgery conducted since the 1940s benefits the patients ...

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 ...

Former tennis star Monica Seles recently revealed she is living with the rare disease myasthenia gravis, which affects 12 in ...