Myasthenia Gravis

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Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Myasthenia Gravis(Free Handout)


Prognosis


Symptoms of myasthenia gravis usually progress to maximum severity within 3 years. After 3 years, patients usually stabilize or improve. Infants with transient neonatal MG may develop acute respiratory failure within a few weeks after birth.

Advances in medical care have reduced the mortality rate from respiratory failure in MG patients to approximately 3%. Patients over the age of 40, those with a sho...Read the full article