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Myasthenia Gravis and other Myasthenic syndromes

Background

Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease usually caused by antibodies which attack the acetylcholine receptors on voluntary muscle, leading to receptor loss and a breakdown in communication between the nerve and the muscle.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated December 2003 by Professor J Newsom-Davis, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

 

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