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==Other Imaging Findings==
==Other Imaging Findings==
[[Immunofluorescence]] shows [[IgG]] antibodies on the neuromuscular junction. (Note that it is not the antibody which causes myasthenia gravis that fluoresces, but rather a [[secondary antibody]] directed against it.) Muscle electron microscopy shows receptor infolding and loss of the tips of the folds, together with widening of the [[Chemical synapse|synaptic]] clefts. Both these techniques are currently used for research rather than diagnostically.


==References==
==References==

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