Editing Myasthenia gravis (section)

==Epidemiology==
MG occurs in all ethnic groups and both sexes. It most commonly affects women under 40 and people from 50 to 70 years old of either sex, but it has been known to occur at any age. Younger people rarely have thymoma. [[Prevalence]] in the United States is estimated at between 0.5 and 20.4 cases per 100,000, with an estimated 60,000 Americans affected.<ref name="Rosen2014" /><ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Cea G, Benatar M, Verdugo RJ, Salinas RA |date=October 2013 |title=Thymectomy for non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |issue=10 |pages=CD008111 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD008111.pub2 |pmid=24122674|pmc=12083877 }}</ref> In the United Kingdom, an estimated 15 cases of MG occur per 100,000 people.<ref name=":2" /> The [[mortality rate]] of MG is around 5-9%.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dresser |first1=Laura |last2=Wlodarski |first2=Richard |last3=Rezania |first3=Kourosh |last4=Soliven |first4=Betty |date=2021-05-21 |title=Myasthenia Gravis: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Clinical Manifestations |journal=Journal of Clinical Medicine |volume=10 |issue=11 |pages=2235 |doi=10.3390/jcm10112235 |issn=2077-0383 |pmc=8196750 |pmid=34064035 |doi-access=free}}</ref>