Muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mRNA expression in hyperplastic and neoplastic myasthenia gravis thymus

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 841, Issue , 1998, Pages 407-410

  MacLennan, C A ^a   Beeson, D ^a   Willcox, N ^a   Vincent, A ^a   Newsom Davis, J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0031901865     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10954.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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