Immunology of disorders of neuromuscular transmission

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue SUPPL. 183, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Vincent, A ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Autoantibody; Muscle specific kinase (MuSK); Neuromuscular junction; Voltage gated calcium channel; Voltage gated potassium channel

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; ENZYME; HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; MUSCLE SPECIFIC KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; AUTOANTIBODY; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSK PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOKYMIA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; THYMUS DISEASE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CALCIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISAACS SYNDROME; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 33645506293     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00605.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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