Giant cell polymyositis and myocarditis associated with myasthenia gravis and thymoma

Neuropathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-287

  Kon, Tomoya ^a,b   Mori, Fumiaki ^a   Tanji, Kunikazu ^a   Miki, Yasuo ^a,b   Kimura, Tamaki ^b   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Giant cell polymyositis; Immunohistochemistry; Myasthenia gravis; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE C; CATECHOLAMINE; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CREATINE KINASE MB; DESMIN; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2; NITRATE; TROPONIN T;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPANESE; LUNG CONGESTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MEDIASTINUM; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOCARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; R WAVE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; T WAVE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSOMES; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMYOSITIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878667634     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2012.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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