Are people born with myasthenia gravis?

Written by Lila Levinson, PhD | May 24, 2023

Are people born with myasthenia gravis?

Category: Causes

Myasthenia gravis (MG) symptoms most commonly emerge in adulthood. In rare cases, babies born to mothers with MG also may have the condition, but it is usually temporary. Individuals with congenital myasthenic syndromes are born with genetic mutations that affect nerve-muscle communication, but this is a distinct condition.

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Lila Levinson, PhD Lila Levinson is a neuroscientist and science writer based out of Seattle. She joined Bionews in 2025 after completing her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Washington, where she studied how the natural flexibility of the human brain can be used to promote recovery after injury. Her research centered on developing techniques to measure brain connectivity using invasive neurotechnology in clinical populations. As a Wesleyan University undergraduate, she studied learning and memory in songbirds. She is passionate about telling science stories in accessible ways. Previously, she has written about science for The Dallas Morning News and the University of Washington Computational Neuroscience Center.