The Autoimmune Connection: Essential Information for Women on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Getting On With Your Life
Baron-Faust Rita, Buyon Jill
Myasthenia gravis is presently an incurable antibody-mediated autoimmune disorder characterized by generalized voluntary skeletal muscle weakness. The cause of the weakness is a defect at the neuromuscular junction level, in which autoimmune antibodies block the receptors responsible for initiating muscular contraction. Literally translated from its Latin and Greek etymological roots, myasthenia gravis means "grave muscle weakness". Fortunately, advances in modern medicine have resulted in a reduction of the truly "grave" outcomes for those inflicted but, without a cure, the gravity surrounding the disease remains
Տարի:
2016
Հրատարակչություն:
McGraw-Hill Education
Լեզու:
english
ISBN 10:
0071841229
ISBN 13:
9789533078212
Ֆայլ:
EPUB, 889 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2016
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