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QuestionChoice
Myasthenia gravis is not a T cell-mediated delayed hypersensitivity reaction. This is classically in dermatitis and the Mantoux test.
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c
Type IV hypersensitivity
QuestionChoice
Myasthenia gravis is not an antigen-antibody immune complex-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. This is classically in rheumatoid arthritis, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
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e
Type III hypersensitivity
QuestionChoice
Myasthenia gravis is not an antibody-mediated stimulatory hypersensitivity reaction. This is classically in Grave's disease.
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d
Type V hypersensitivity
QuestionChoice
This patient most likely has myasthenia gravis characterised by increasing weakness during the day, drooping eyelids and muscle fatiguability. Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition wherein auto-antibodies bind to acetylcholine receptors in the neuromuscular junction leading to their IgG-mediated immune destruction. This type of hypersensitivity reaction with IgG antibody-mediated cytotoxic reaction is classically a type II hypersensitivity reaction
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a
Type II hypersensitivity
QuestionChoice
Myasthenia gravis is not an immediate IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. This is classically in allergic and atopic diseases.
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b
Type I hypersensitivity
Concept
Chapter
2693
3859
Myasthenia Gravis
Topic
158
Immunology
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A 29-year-old female presents to her GP with tiredness and fatigue. On further assessment, she is found to have a drooping eyelid with double vision which worsens through the day. She is getting increasingly tired and weak as well.
Through further investigations, she gets diagnosed with an autoimmune condition.

What type of hypersensitivity reaction is involved in this condition?
a