Article Topic: Myasthenia gravis Author name: Basel Abbas Asad Ghwini Keyword: autoimmune – acetylcholine receptors – antibodies – myasthenia gravis   Overview and epidemiology Thomas Willis wrote about a woman who lost her ability to speak in his book “De anima brutorum” , the book was published in 16721, he was the first to write a description about myasthenia gravis (MG), on the other hand Wilks was the first person who report myasthenia gravis in 18772.  At the end of 19th century, erb and goldflam described the myasthenia gravis clinical symptoms 3.it was named as erb-goldflam syndrome for several years. […]