The intrathymic pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 215-220

  Levinson, Arnold I ^a   Song, Decheng ^a   Gaulton, Glen ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Intrathymic expression; Myasthenia gravis; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

AUTOANTIGENS; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 7044235102     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17402520400001769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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