Purified IgG from seropositive and seronegative patients with myasthenia gravis reversibly blocks currents through nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channels

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 458-464

  Bufler, Johannes ^a   Pitz, Roland ^a   Czep, Michael ^a   Wick, Manfred ^b   Franke, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031779740     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430408     Document Type: Article

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