About 75% of People with Myasthenia Gravis Have Pathologic Changes

question 4

True/False

About 75% of people with myasthenia gravis have pathologic changes in the thymus.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect oneself from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Denial

Psychological defense mechanism in which the person refuses to acknowledge or recognize a threatening situation.

Psychological Defense Mechanisms

Unconscious distortions of a person’s perception of reality that reduce stress and anxiety.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the desires of the id, the values of the super-ego, and the realities of the external world.