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A first-order test for the laboratory diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (MG)
Detecting "subclinical MG" in recipients of D-penicillamine, in patients with thymoma without clinical evidence of MG, and in patients with graft-versus-host disease
Distinguishing acquired disease (90% positive) from congenital disease (negative)
Monitoring disease progression in MG or response to immunotherapy
An adjunct to the test for P/Q-type calcium channel binding antibodies as a diagnostic aid for Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LES) or primary lung carcinoma
This is the primary diagnostic test for myasthenia gravis.
See the following algorithms in Special Instructions:
Myasthenia Gravis Evaluation with MuSK Reflex Algorithm
Myasthenia Gravis/Lambert Eaton Syndrome Diagnostic Algorithm
Myasthenia Gravis: Adult Diagnostic Algorithm
Radioimmunoassay (RIA)