Titin and ryanodine receptor autoantibodies in dogs with thymoma and late-onset myasthenia gravis

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-105

  Shelton, G Diane ^a   Skeie, Geir O ^b   Kass, Philip H ^c   Aarli, Johan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Muscle; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CONNECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RYANODINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; POLYMYOSITIS; THYMOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROTEIN KINASES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0035834918     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(00)00255-5     Document Type: Article

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