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 ...

DURING the past few years two lines of investigation have suggested that immunologic abnormalities may be present in patients with myasthenia gravis. Evaluation of the immunologic responses of ...

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 ...

In June, 1944, E. H., (B. I. H. M 4921), a 33-year-old woman, experienced a sore throat, difficulty in swallowing and a nasal twang in her voice for several days. Fluoroscopy of the chest revealed a ...

.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 first-ever randomized study of the removal of the thymus gland in treating myasthenia gravis was conducted in 2016. Led by Gil I. Wolfe, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the Irvin and Rosemary ...

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 ...

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Myasthenia gravis is a rare disease where the immune system attacks the communication between nerves and muscles, causing weakness. It often affects the muscles used for eye movement, facial ...

In 2011, at age 25, Youssef Heddaya was diagnosed with thymoma, a typically slow-growing tumor that develops in the thymus, a small organ in the chest that is vital to the immune system. Located near ...