Double seronegative myasthenia gravis with anti-LRP 4 antibodies

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 568-570

  Zouvelou, Vasiliki ^a   Zisimopoulou, Paraskevi ^b   Rentzos, Michael ^a   Karandreas, Nikos ^a   Evangelakou, Panagiota ^b   Stamboulis, Eleftherios ^a   Tzartos, Socrates J ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Double seronegative; LRP4 abs; Myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 4; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 4 ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NECK MUSCLE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; THYMUS FOLLICULAR HYPERPLASIA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LDL-RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; THYMECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879001283     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: 18732364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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