Ryanodine receptor gene expression thymomas

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1299-1303

  Kusner, Linda L ^a,b   Mygland, Åse ^c   Kaminski, Henry J ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Autoimmunity; Myasthenia gravis; Ryanodine receptor; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BETA ACTIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CONNECTIN; EDROPHONIUM; EPITOPE; RNA; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031784366     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1299::AID-MUS8>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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