MuSK-antibody-positive myasthenia gravis in a South Asian population

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 33-35

  Chang, Thashi ^a,b   Gunaratne, Padma ^b   Gamage, Ranjanie ^b   Riffsy, M T M ^c   Vincent, Angela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b National Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c Professorial Surgical Unit   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor (AChR); Antibodies; Muscle specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK); Myasthenia gravis (MG); Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MUSCLE SPECIFIC TYROSINE KINASE ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYASTHENIC CRISIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SRI LANKA;

EID: 67849121332     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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