Why blank message in gmail, using Firefox

When I open a gmail message, using Firefox as the browser, several times a week the message opens up completely blank. When I opened these same gmail message using Internet Explorer they appear just fine.
What could be causing this? Since it works in IE and not in FF, I'm assuming there is an issue, plug in?? Can you help guide how we can fix this?

Updating my AdBlock filters as suggested in the thread below worked for me.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/893765?s=blank+message+in+gmail&r=0&as=s

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