Human muscle acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit gene (CHRNA1) association with autoimmune myasthenia gravis in Black, Mixed-Ancestry and Caucasian subjects

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-180

  Heckmann, Jeannine M ^a   Morrison, Karen E ^a   Emeryk Szajewska, Barbara ^c   Strugalska, Halina ^c   Bergoffen, JoAnn ^b   Willcox, Nicholas ^a   Newsom Davis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

CHRNA1; Ethnic groups; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029906439     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1996.0021     Document Type: Article

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