Serological follow-up in juvenile myasthenia: Clinical and acetylcholine receptor antibody status of patients followed for at least 2 years

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 355-357

  Anlar, Banu ^a   Şenbil, Nesrin ^b   Köse, Gülşen ^c   Deg̀erliyurt, Aydan ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antibody; Juvenile; Myasthenia; Serology

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYASTHENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 17044432688     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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