Novel autoantibodies to a voltage-gated potassium channel KV1.4 in a severe form of myasthenia gravis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 141-149

  Suzuki, Shigeaki ^a   Satoh, Takashi ^a   Yasuoka, Hidekata ^a   Hamaguchi, Yasuhito ^b   Tanaka, Kortaro ^a   Kawakami, Yutaka ^a   Suzuki, Norihiro ^a   Kuwana, Masataka ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Immunoprecipitation; Myasthenia gravis; Voltage gated potassium channel

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE ANTIGEN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QT PROLONGATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KV1.4 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 28444436590     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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