Autoimmune mediated neuromuscular junction defects.

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Abstract:: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review summarizes the recent advances on pathogenesis of antibody-mediated disorders of the neuromuscular junction, and results of studies on clinical assessment and treatments. RECENT FINDINGS: The incidence of myasthenia gravis, particularly in patients older than 50 years, is rising, and this is not solely due to improved disease recognition. It is uncertain how muscle specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK) antibody positive myasthenia gravis results in neuromuscular tran...
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University of Oxford

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Clinical Neurosciences

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Language:: English
Keywords:: Thymectomy

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Autoantibodies

Myasthenia Gravis

Neuromuscular Junction Diseases

Humans

Miller Fisher Syndrome

Isaacs Syndrome

Autoimmune Diseases

Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
Pubs id:: pubs:346293
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Deposit date:: 2013-11-16

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