Synthesis of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies by CD5- B cells from peripheral blood of myasthenia gravis patients

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-62

  Heidenreich, Fedor ^a,b   Jovin, Tudor ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; B cell subsets; B1 cells; CD5+ B cells; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CD5 ANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; POKEWEED MITOGEN; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SEPARATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD5; AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD CELLS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0029655289     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00878532     Document Type: Article

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