Respective role of thymus and muscle in autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 841, Issue , 1998, Pages 397-406

  Moulian, N ^a   Wakkach, A ^a   Guyon, T ^a   Poea S ^a   Aissaoui A ^a   Levasseur, P ^a   Cohen Kaminsky, S ^a   Berrih Aknin, S ^a  

^a CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FAS ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0031928088     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10953.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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