T he 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 Irvin and ...

Among the results of a recent study about juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is that patients, particularly girls, might benefit from thymectomy performed before puberty. The authors described their ...

Thymectomy is a type of surgery for myasthenia gravis (MG). It involves removing the thymus gland. Modern thymectomy techniques are minimally invasive and can have long-term benefits for symptoms.

In some cases, the process seems to be related to the thymus gland, which helps produce antibodies. About 15% of all myasthenia gravis patients are found to have a thymoma, a tumor of the thymus.

.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 ...

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 ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) has been treatable for nearly 100 years. In 1934, the Scottish doctor Mary Broadfoot Walker, MD, discovered that the drug physostigmine improved muscle function in people ...

Myasthenia gravis, or MG, is "a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular ... In some cases, abnormalities in a small organ called the thymus gland "also appear to play a role in triggering or exacerbating ...

Silvestri: It all depends on the weather. So, I've obviously asked you here today because you are the guru of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis (MG), and I wanted to ask a few questions about that ...

The exact cause of myasthenia gravis needs to be better understood. However, research shows that about 75% of people with MG have an abnormally large and overactive thymus gland (an organ that ...