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The study also seeks to isolate electrophysiological changes that may indicate disorders within the central and\/or peripheral nervous system. Methods: A total of forty-two consecutive patients with myasthenia gravis (24 women, 18 men) were included in the study. All of the patients underwent EP examination. MR images were also analyzed. Results: In the group of MG patients, the latency of P100 (113.9 \u00b1 13.9; p &lt; 0.0001) VEP, wave III (3.92 \u00b1 0.29; p = 0.015), wave V (5.93 \u00b1 0.32; &lt;0.0001), interlatency III\u2013V (2.00 \u00b1 0.12; p &lt; 0.0001), interlatency I\u2013V (4.20 \u00b1 0.28; p &lt; 0.001) BAEP, and all components of SEP (N9, P10, N13, P16, N20, P22) were significantly longer. Mean wave I and V amplitude BAEP were relatively lower. 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