Marisa Wexler, MS,  senior science writer—

Children with ocular myasthenia gravis respond well to treatment, as largely do children with generalized myasthenia gravis, according to a single-site study that found no “significant differences” in response rates. Still, half of its 22 ocular patients achieved remission, its researchers said. Children with ocular disease are also diagnosed at…

Surgical removal of the thymus before the development of generalized myasthenia gravis is associated with higher remission rates in people with ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) compared with patients who underwent the surgery after their disease generalized, a new study suggests. The study, titled “Thymectomy in ocular…

Myasthenia gravis (MG) can co-occur with premature ovarian failure (POF). Prompt and proper MG treatment, however, can help restore reproductive organ health, a recent report of two cases suggests. The case report, titled “Clinical characteristics and relationship between myasthenia gravis and premature ovarian failure: report of two…