No evidence for an association of AChR beta-subunit gene (CHRNB1) with myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 86-89

  Djabiri, Farid ^a   Gajdos, Philippe ^b   Eymard, Bruno ^c   Gomez, Lucienne ^a   Bach, Jean François ^a   Garchon, Henri Jean ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Autoimmunity; Genetics; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BETA CHAIN; DESENSITIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADULT; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030868563     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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