A patient has the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis. This condition is due to patient's inability to

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Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the muscles that control voluntary movements, particularly in the eyes, face, throat, and limbs. This disease is due to an autoimmune response that attacks acetylcholine receptors in the neuromuscular junction, resulting in reduced muscle activation. Therefore, the patient with myasthenia gravis has an inability to bind acetylcholine by acetylcholine receptors.

A Patient Has the Autoimmune Disease Myasthenia Gravis