Seronegative myasthenia plasmas and Non-IgG fractions transiently inhibit nAChR function

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 841, Issue , 1998, Pages 501-504

  Plested, C Paul ^a   Newsom Davis, John ^a   Vincent, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SODIUM 22;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TIME;

EID: 0031879062     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10970.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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