The patient reports generalized muscle weakness.The health care provider orders administration of the medication edrophonium chloride (Tensilon).This medication is used in the diagnosis of:
A) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
B) Myasthenia gravis
C) MS
D) Autonomic hyperreflexia

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The diagnosis of myasthenia gravis is made on the basis of a response to edrophonium chloride (Tensilon).
The diagnosis of myasthenia gravis,not amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,is made on the basis of a response to edrophonium chloride (Tensilon).
The diagnosis of myasthenia gravis,not MS,is made on the basis of a response to edrophonium chloride (Tensilon).
The diagnosis of myasthenia gravis,not autonomic hyperreflexia,is made on the basis of a response to edrophonium chloride (Tensilon).

The Patient Reports Generalized Muscle Weakness