Expression of ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor in myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 180-189

  Poëa, Sandrine ^a   Guyon, Thierry ^a   Levasseur, Philippe ^b   Berrih Aknin, Sonia ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

Author keywords

AChR; CNTFR expression; Muscle cells; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE LEVEL; MUSCLE TISSUE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034748894     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(01)00423-4     Document Type: Article

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