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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Medical Therapy

Symptomatic treatments (anticholinesterase ● agents)

● Chronic immunomodulating treatments (glucocorticoids and other immunosuppressive drugs)

● Rapid immunomodulating treatments (plasmapheresis and intravenous immune globulin)

● Surgical treatment (thymectomy)