Antibodies in myasthenia gravis;Anticorps dans la myasthénie

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-143

  Eymard, B ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anti AChR antibodies; Anti MuSK antibodies; Autoimmune myasthenia gravis; Neonatal myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGENIC MODULATION; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ATROPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MATERNAL SERUM; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; REVIEW; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RATS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 65249187923     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2008.11.020     Document Type: Review

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