The Thymus in Myasthenia Gravis: Evidence for Altered Cell Populations

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 291, Issue 24, 1974, Pages 1271-1275

  Abdou, Nabih I ^a   Lisak, Robert P ^a   Zweiman, Burton ^a   Abrahamsohn, Ises ^a   Penn, Audrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA; THYMUS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0016321138     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197412122912403     Document Type: Article

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