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Which methods of tracking response to treatment in myasthenia gravis do you find most helpful?

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Which scale do you find most helpful for tracking response to treatment in myasthenia gravis?

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Neurology · UCI School of Medicine
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To me, it is still a combination of history and clinical examination supplemented by MG-specific scales. Thus, it is the global impression of how a patient is doing rather than any one metric. Amongst the MG-specific scales, I use the MG activities of daily living (MG-ADL) and MG Composite (MGC) sco...

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Neurology · VCU Health Medical Center
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Outcome measures in MG need to be tailored to patient needs and symptoms. For example, MG-ADL may not fully capture distal weakness in atypical MG phenotypes. That being said, in terms of clinical outcomes, I use the following:

  1. Validated Clinical Trial Measures: MG-ADL, MG composite, occasionally ...

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