Congenital myasthenia gravis

myasthenia grav·is (gr

A disease characterized by progressive fatigue and generalized weakness of the skeletal muscles, especially those of the face, neck, arms, and legs, caused by impaired transmission of nerve impulses following an autoimmune attack on acetylcholine receptors.

[New Latin : myasthenia + Latin gravis, heavy, severe.]

myasthenia gravis [ˈgrɑːvɪs]

(Medicine / Pathology) a chronic progressive disease in which the muscles, esp those of the head and face, become weak and easily fatigued

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myasthenia gravis - a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions

myasthenia

disease of the neuromuscular junction - a disease characterized by impairment of neuromuscular junctions

autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder - any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues

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anticholinesterase
autoimmune disease
autoimmune disorder
disease
disease of the neuromuscular junction
myasthenia
neostigmine
Prostigmin

The idea for the run came from Martin Wolstencroft, of Leeds, whose five-year-old son, Josef, suffers from congenital myasthenia gravis.

Soccer legend backs run by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

congenital melanoma of pigs
congenital melanosis
congenital melanosis
congenital melanosis
congenital meningoencephalocele
congenital meningoencephalocele
congenital mesoblastic nephroma
congenital mesoblastic nephroma
Congenital metabolic disease
Congenital metabolic disease
congenital methemoglobinemia
congenital methemoglobinemia
Congenital Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia and Thrombocytopenia
Congenital microcoria
Congenital Middle Ear Encephalocele
Congenital Motor and Sensory Neuropathy
Congenital Motor Nystagmus
Congenital mumps
Congenital mumps
Congenital mumps
congenital muscle defects
congenital muscle defects
congenital muscle defects
Congenital Muscle Hypotonia
Congenital Muscle Hypotonia
Congenital Muscle Hypotonia
Congenital Muscle Weakness
Congenital Muscle Weakness
Congenital Muscle Weakness
Congenital muscular dystrophy

Congenital myasthenia gravis

Congenital myasthenic syndrome
Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome Associated with Episodic Apnea
Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome with episodic Apnea
Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome, Type IIA
Congenital myotonia
Congenital myotonia
Congenital myotonic dystrophy
Congenital myotonic dystrophy
Congenital myotonic dystrophy
Congenital Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
congenital myotonic myopathy
congenital myotonic myopathy
congenital myotonic myopathy
congenital myxedema
congenital myxedema
congenital myxedema
Congenital Nasal Piriform Aperture Stenosis
Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction
Congenital Nasolacrimal System Obstruction
Congenital Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
Congenital Nephrosis Finnish
Congenital nephrotic syndrome
Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome of Finnish Type
congenital neutropenia
congenital neutropenia
congenital neutropenia
congenital nevus
Congenital Nevus-Like Nevi
congenital night blindness
congenital night blindness

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