Immunohistochemical study of utrophin and dystrophin at the motor end-plate in myasthenia gravis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-18

  Ito, Hijiri ^a   Yoshimura, Toshiro ^a   Satoh, Akira ^b   Takino, Hirofumi ^a   Tsujihata, Mitsuhiro ^b   Nagataki, Shigenobu ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Kita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dystrophin; Immunohistochemistry; Motor end plate; Myasthenia gravis; Utrophin

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROPHIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE ENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; UTROPHIN;

EID: 0030010809     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050483     Document Type: Article

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