Antibodies to clustered acetylcholine receptor: Expanding the phenotype

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-134

  Devic, P ^a,b   Petiot, P ^c   Simonet, T ^a   Stojkovic, T ^d   Delmont, E ^e   Franques, J ^f   Magot, A ^g   Vial, C ^h   Lagrange, E ⁱ   Nicot, A S ^a   Risson, V ^a   Eymard, B ^d   Schaeffer, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^f TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

ⁱ GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Myasthenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERONEGATIVE GENERALIZED MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; STEROID THERAPY; THYMOMA; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; MYASTHENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 84890126977     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12270     Document Type: Article

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