QUEST
Volume 10, Number 3, May/June 2003

COVER

  • To Stand Together or Fall Apart
    Jan and Wayne Johnson of Churchton, Md., got married before they knew Jan had myasthenia gravis. Since her diagnosis, they've found ways to weather the storms. Quest looks at how neuromuscular disease has affected five marriages.

    Photo by Stuart Zolotorow

 
 

FEATURES

  • Rounding Up the Usual Suspects
    Finding the correct diagnosis requires techniques very similar to those used by criminal detectives — from horse sense to high tech.


  • The Pros and Cons of Genetic Testing
    A growing number of tests can deliver answers about your family's medical risks, but they also raise questions you may never have expected to face.

  • Managing Myasthenia
    Myasthenia gravis, whose name means "grave muscular weakness," was once a frequently fatal disease. Today, a selection of treatments means life — and sometimes remission — for many with MG.
 

Research Updates