Anti-tubulin antibodies in a sensorimotor neuropathy patient alter tubulin polymerization

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 302-305

  Stubbs Jr , Evan B ^a,b   Fisher, Morris A ^b   Siegel, George J ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Human; Microtubule; Serum; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY;

AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYMERS; TUBULIN;

EID: 2642643750     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050802     Document Type: Article

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