title: Clinical features of myasthenia gravis.
abstract: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an antibody-mediated muscle disease in which any skeletal muscle can be affected. MG may produce numerous symptoms and signs. To doctors and patients, it may seem like lung disease, stroke, heart disease, or the effects of emotional stress. This article explores the "territory" between MG and diseases of the heart and lungs as well as the other neuromuscular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*