Intrathymic epstein-barr virus infection is not a prominent feature of myasthenia gravis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 508-514

  Kakalacheva, Kristina ^a   Maurer, Michael A ^a   Tackenberg, Björn ^b   Münz, Christian ^a   Willcox, Nick ^c   Lünemann, Jan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 2; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EARLY ONSET MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOCYTE; VIRUS GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIGENS, CD19; ANTIGENS, CD27; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOKINES; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052558792     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22488     Document Type: Article

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