Th1 cells of myasthenia gravis patients recognize multiple epitopes on the muscle acetylcholine receptor α subunit

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 841, Issue , 1998, Pages 329-333

  Wang, Zeng Yu ^a,b   Okita, David K ^a,b   Howard Jr , James F ^c   Conti Fine, Bianca M ^a,b  

^a Department of Biochemistry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS;

EID: 0031927566     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10940.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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