Autoimmune T cells in myasthenia gravis: Heterogeneity and potential for specific immunotargeting

Immunology Today

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 307-311

  Hawke, Simon ^d   Matsuo, Hidenori ^b   Nicolle, Michael ^c   Malcherek, Georg ^a   Melms, Arthur ^a   Willcox, Nick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center   (Japan)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030010645     PISSN: 01675699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(96)10022-0     Document Type: Note

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