Is myasthenia gravis an autoimmune disease?

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Is myasthenia gravis an autoimmune disease?

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Myasthenia gravis is caused by the immune system’s production of self-reactive antibodies that disrupt nerve-muscle communication, and thus it is considered to be an autoimmune disease.

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Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Lindsey earned her PhD in neuroscience from Emory University in Atlanta, where she studied novel therapeutic strategies for treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy. She was awarded a fellowship from the American Epilepsy Society in 2019 for this research. Lindsey also previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher, studying the role of inflammation in epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.

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