Altered levels of nerve growth factor in the thymus of subjects with myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 199-202

  Stampachiacchiere, Barbara ^a   Marinova, Tsvetana ^b   Velikova, Kamelia ^b   Philipov, Stanislav ^b   Stankulov, Ivan S ^c   Chaldakov, George N ^c   Fiore, Marco ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Epithelial cells; Mast cells; Myasthenia gravis; NGF; Thymus

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LYMPHOID CELL; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILVER STAINING; THYMUS;

EID: 0346732380     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2003.10.048     Document Type: Article

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