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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Case Report: Dual response to efgartigimod in myasthenia gravis and comorbid autoimmune disorders: a case series.

Yunjia Li, Yingying Yang, Ying Zhu, Ruixia Zhu

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yunjia LiDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Yingying YangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Ying ZhuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Ruixia ZhuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.

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Abstract

The coexistence of myasthenia gravis (MG) with other IgG-mediated autoimmune diseases represents a clinically heterogeneous condition, driven by pathogenic autoantibodies. Efgartigimod, a neonatal Fc receptor antagonist, has the ability to clear all IgG subclasses. Here, we report four cases of MG concomitant with IgG-mediated autoimmune diseases, specifically idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), Isaacs syndrome, autoimmune encephalitis (AE), and IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). All of them demonstrated a favorable therapeutic response to efgartigimod, with marked improvement in QMG and MG-ADL scores, along with disease-specific clinical or laboratory manifestations of the overlapping autoimmune conditions. These cases provide preliminary evidence supporting efgartigimod as a promising treatment option for patients with MG complicated by IgG-mediated autoimmune diseases.

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Autoimmune DiseasesHashimoto DiseaseMyasthenia GravisAdultAgedAutoantibodiesComorbidityEncephalitisFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAutoantibodiesImmunoglobulin Gautoimmune encephalitisefgartigimodidiopathic inflammatory myopathiesIgG4-related diseaseISAACS syndromemyasthenia gravis

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