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What do doctors do after you are diagnosed with myasthena gravis?

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Treatment: There are several types of myasthenia gravis. It is chronic autoimmune disease. Medical treatment: plasmapheresis, anticholinesterase medications, immunosuppressive drugs, surgical removal of thymus.

Answered 10/4/2016

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