Antibodies to acetylcholine receptor in patients with thymoma but without myasthenia gravis

Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1980, Pages 201-202

  Cuenoud S ^a   Feltkamp, T E W ^b   Fulpius, B W ^a   Oosterhuis, H J G H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMAN; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLES; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0018866087     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.30.2.201     Document Type: Article

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