In myasthenia gravis cells from atrophic thymus secrete acetylcholine receptor antibodies

Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 572-573

  Katzberg, Hans D ^a   Aziz, Tariq ^a   Oger, Joel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOCYTE; THYMOMA; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 0035957071     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.56.4.572     Document Type: Article

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