PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Adel K. Afifi
TI  - Myasthenia gravis from Thomas Willis to the present
DP  - 2005 Jan 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 3--13
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/1/3.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/1/3.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2005 Jan 01; 10
AB  - The history of the development of knowledge of myasthenia gravis is reviewed. Clinical profiles of the immune and non-immune mediated forms of myasthenia are discussed. The current theory of pathogenesis is reviewed. Tests used to diagnose myasthenia gravis, and their comparative diagnostic yields are presented. Past and current modalities of treatment are reviewed. Future therapeutic strategies are introduced. The roles of the thymus and thymectomy in the genesis and treatment of myasthenia gravis are discussed.