High frequency of allergic conjunctivitis in myasthenia gravis without thymoma

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 27-31

  Murai, Hiroyuki ^a   Osoegawa, Manabu ^a   Ochi, Hirofumi ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Allergy; Anti acetylcholine receptor antibody; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4744345922     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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