Identification of haemopoietic biglycan in hyperplastic thymus associated with myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 59-63

  Tomoyasu, Hiroshi ^b   Kikuchi, Aiko ^a   Kamo, Isao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biglycan; Haemopoiesis; Haemopoietic activity; Hyperplasia; Myasthenia gravis; Myoid cell; Thymus

Indexed keywords

BIGLYCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THYMOMA; THYMUS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROTEOGLYCANS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 17944402390     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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