Acetylcholine receptor antibodies in myasthenia gravis
β Scribed by Dr. Peter Kornfeld; Dr. James Nall; Dr. Harry Smith; Dr. Thomas W. Mittag; Dr. Adam N. Bender; Dr. Edward P. Ambinder; Dr. Steven H. Horowitz; Dr. Angelos E. Papatestas; Dr. Harvey Gross; Dr. Gabriel Genkins
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 575 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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## Abstract Aspects of acetylcholine receptor immunology and circulating receptor antibodies are reviewed with regard to both human and experimental myasthenia gravis. Receptor antibodies that have negligible crossβreactivity with skeletal muscle receptor can nonetheless cause destruction of the po