Muscle lymphocytic infiltrates in thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis are phenotypically different from those in polymyositis

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 935-942

  Zamecnik, Josef ^a   Vesely, Dan ^a   Jakubicka, Branislav ^a   Simkova, Libuse ^a   Pitha, Jiri ^a   Schutzner, Jan ^a   Mazanec, Radim ^a   Vogel, Hannes ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Polymyositis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, CD8; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMYOSITIS; THYMOMA;

EID: 36248965219     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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