Cytokines and the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 543-551

  Zhang, Guang Xian ^a   Navikas, Vaidirius ^a   Link, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cytokine; myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PERFORIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS;

EID: 0030892692     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199705)20:5<543::AID-MUS2>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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