MuSK-positive myasthenia gravis is rare in the Polish population

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 720-724

  Kostera Pruszczyk, A ^a   Kaminska A ^a,b   Dutkiewicz, M ^a   Emeryk Szajewska, B ^a   Strugalska Cynowska, M H ^b   Vincent, A ^c   Kwiecinski H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti acetylcholine receptor; Anti MuSK; Myasthenia gravis; Myasthenic crisis; Seronegative; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

AMBENONIUM; AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MUSCLE SPECIFIC TYROSINASE KINASE; MUSCLE SPECIFIC TYROSINASE KINASE ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEROLOGY; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 44949118379     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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