Bret,
    I am just a chemical engineer and so am a "lay" person with medical stuff 
but boy do I know a lot about Myasthenia Gravis.  There is a very involved, 
very technical book on it by the same title I would recommend.     Unlike 
other "orphan diseases" I would say that this illness has been studied much 
more than just the disease itself would normally warrant.  It opened up a lot 
of ideas about autoimmunity and the operation of the neurological system.
   Luckily, the condition I had -could move for an hour then 'froze' for a 
while cleared up after I got off the medecine I was taking.  Especially 
Penicillamine causes this though for me it was a different drug.  The main 
hazard is the respiratory crisis but today there is treatment with a drug 
which is very helpful.  Any specific questions?  Cathy.
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