Tag Myasthenia Gravis
Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888 – 1974) 340

Mary Walker

Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888 - 1974) was a Scottish physician. Mary Walker effect (1934); neostigmine and myasthenia gravis

Sir Samuel Wilks (1824–1911) 680

Samuel Wilks

Sir Samuel Wilks (1824–1911), British physician, pioneered clinicopathological correlation, defined Hodgkin’s disease, and led Guy’s Hospital and RCP.

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia Gravis: autoimmune disruption of post-synaptic acetylcholine receptors at NMJ; up to 80% of functional receptors loss; typically young woman; may have thymus hyperplasia; prevalence = 14.2 cases per 100,000