The article presents the data on comparative analysis of two medical cases of myasthenia patients, analysis of general anesthetization and post-surgical process. The influence of previous therapy, overall condition and accompanied pathology is stated
Kupriyanova E.D. Peculiarities of anesthetic aid in myasthenia // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2011, pp. 599-601

The condition of 71 patients with myasthenia after thymectomy has been analyzed. Supervision has been carried out from 6 months till 9 years. Thymic hyperplasia has been marked at histological research of operational material in 46,5% of patients. Thymic tumors have been revealed in 50,7% of cases, thymomas have been noticed in 16,7% of cases. In 2 cases (2,8%) atrophy of the thymus gland has been revealed. The excellent and good effects of surgical treatment have been received at 73,8 % of patients, in case of thymic hyperplasia in 76,7 %, and at thymic tumors — in 69,7%. Efficiency dependence includes surgery term according to the disease onset and the age of patients by the moment of operation. Thus, the excellent and good results have been received in 82 % of patients operated within the first two years after the onset of the disease.
T.V. Romanova, M.J. Belyakova, S.J. Pushkin, A.P. Reshetov Efficacy Evaluation of Thymectomy in Myasthenia Patients // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2009, pp. 234-237

The abzyme activity of mAb35 and pQ1-209 was compared with that of normal rabbit IgG and serum IgG from patients with various forms of myasthenia. It was found that mAb35 and pQ1-209 and IgG from patients with myasthenia possess catalytic activity. IgG from myasthenia patients with thymomas possess creatine phosphokinase activity, which 2-fold surpassed the control.
Bull Exp Biol Med. 2002 Jun;133(6):588-90.

Diagnostic significance of quantitative measurement of muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies by ELISA in patients with myasthenia was shown. Blood serum analysis of 111 patients (30 in dynamics for various treatment types) was carried out. The most essential elevation of antibodies quantity was observed in patients with generalized myasthenia type. After thymectomy it was significantly reduced. Quantitative antibodies measurement by interaction with AChR domen in ELISA is supposed to be used as additional diagnostic method of autoimmune myasthenia
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2003;103(2):34-7. Russian.

Immunoblotting can be used for screening a population of antibodies to acetylcholine receptor subunits circulating in the blot of patients with myasthenia. Torpedo Californica acetylcholine receptor served as the antigen. We found that in generalized myasthenia autoantibodies bind to alpha1- or alpha1- and gamma-subunits, while in ophthalmic form they bind only gamma-subunit of acetylcholine receptor. No antibodies to any of the acetylcholine receptor subunits were detected in patients with endocrine ophthalmopathy and in healthy volunteers. This method can be used for differential diagnosis of ophthalmic myasthenia and endocrine ophthalmopathy and for predicting generalization of the pathological process in patients with myasthenia.
Bull Exp Biol Med. 2005 Oct;140(4):473-5.