Myasthenia gravis risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of Myasthenia gravis include: Gender, Stress and other psychological factors.
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of Myasthenia gravis include: Gender, Stress and other psychological factors.
Common Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of Myasthenia gravis are:
- Gender: Women are known to be more susceptible to autoimmune diseases because of different basic immune response in men and women. Women produce more antibodies against infections and traumas.[1][2]
- Stress and other psychological factors: there are strong evidences showing the adverse effect of stress on immune system and the beginning of autoimmune diseases.[3]
Less Common Risk Factors
- Less common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
- [Risk factor 1]
- [Risk factor 2]
References
- ↑ Jacobson DL, Gange SJ, Rose NR, Graham NM (September 1997). "Epidemiology and estimated population burden of selected autoimmune diseases in the United States". Clin. Immunol. Immunopathol. 84 (3): 223–43. PMID 9281381.
- ↑ Frisancho-Kiss S, Davis SE, Nyland JF, Frisancho JA, Cihakova D, Barrett MA, Rose NR, Fair weather D (June 2007). "Cutting edge: cross-regulation by TLR4 and T cell Ig mucin-3 determines sex differences in inflammatory heart disease". J. Immunol. 178 (11): 6710–4. PMID 17513715.
- ↑ Rogers MP, Fozdar M (1996). "Psychoneuroimmunology of autoimmune disorders". Adv. Neuroimmunol. 6 (2): 169–77. PMID 8876772.