It is diagnosed by intravenously administering edrophonium chloride in the Tensilon test.
This condition is sometimes mistaken for the Lambert-Eaton syndrome, which was first documented in patients with lung carcinomas who exhibited symptoms of this condition. It is diagnosed by intravenously administering edrophonium chloride in the Tensilon test. One type of it is caused by insufficient agrin activity, which leads to insufficient signaling of MuSK, and that type is the seronegative type. (*) A thymectomy is sometimes used to treat this condition, and drugs used to treat it include neostigmine and pyridostigmine. Insufficient Rapsyn function inhibits action against antibodies that attack nAchR, causing the majority of cases of it. For 10 points, name this autoimmune disorder caused by antibodies that block acetylcholine receptors whose name means "serious muscle weakness".
This condition is sometimes mistaken for the Lambert-Eaton syndrome, which was first documented in patients with lung carcinomas who exhibited symptoms of this condition.
{myasthenia gravis} [accept {MG}]