Novel pathophysiological insights in autoimmune myasthenia gravis

G Masi, KC O'Connor - Current opinion in neurology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Recent advances in the understanding of autoantibody functionalities are bringing
neuroimmunologists closer to a more detailed appreciation of the mechanisms that govern …

Poor responses and adverse outcomes of myasthenia gravis after thymectomy: predicting factors and immunological implications

K Chen, Y Li, H Yang - Journal of Autoimmunity, 2022 - Elsevier
Myasthenia gravis (MG) has been recognized as a series of heterogeneous but treatable
autoimmune conditions. As one of the indispensable therapies, thymectomy can achieve …

Drug‐refractory myasthenia gravis: clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcome

E Cortés‐Vicente, R Álvarez‐Velasco… - Annals of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with refractory
myasthenia gravis (MG) and to determine the effectiveness and side effects of the drugs …

Paraneoplastic autoimmune hypophysitis: An emerging concept

H Bando, K Kanie, Y Takahashi - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pituitary autoimmunity is one of the principal causes of hypopituitarism. Additionally,
hypophysitis is one of the immune-related adverse events associated with immunotherapy …

Dexamethasone improves thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis via the AKT-mTOR pathway

Y Liu, S Chen, Y Wang, Z Zhang, H Zhang… - Naunyn-schmiedeberg's …, 2024 - Springer
Clinically, thymoma patients are often complicated with myasthenia gravis (MG).
Dexamethasone, a glucocorticoid with anti-inflammatory effects, could be used as an …

Independent risk factors for in-hospital outcome of myasthenic crisis: a prospective cohort study

Y Wang, X Huan, X Zhu, J Song… - Therapeutic …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Myasthenic crisis (MC) is a life-threatening condition for myasthenia gravis
(MG). Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) …

Prognosis of concurrent versus sequential chemo-radiotherapy induction followed by surgical resection in patients with advanced thymic epithelial tumors: A …

S Guan, W Long, Y Liu, B Cai, J Luo - Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Background This study aimed to evaluate the prognosis of concurrent chemo-radiotherapy
(CCRT) versus sequential chemo-radiotherapy (SCRT) induction followed by surgical …

Thymus Surgery Prospectives and Perspectives in Myasthenia Gravis

P Salahoru, C Grigorescu, MV Hinganu… - Journal of Personalized …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The thymus is a lymphoid organ involved in the differentiation of T cells, and has a central
role in the physiopathogenesis of Myasthenia Gravis (MG). This connection is proved by a …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes of extended surgical resections for locally advanced thymic malignancies: a narrative review

D Tosi, F Damarco, S Franzi, S Mohamed… - Gland …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods Diagnostic methods must be chosen accurately to avoid unnecessary surgical
resections, to define the best strategy of care, and to plan the surgical strategy. Therefore …

The duke myasthenia gravis clinic registry: II. analysis of outcomes

DB Sanders, MW Lutz, SM Raja, VC Juel… - Muscle & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction/Aims The Duke Myasthenia Gravis (MG) Clinic Registry contains
comprehensive physician‐derived data on patients with MG seen in the Duke MG Clinic …