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Mutation of the acetylcholine receptor epsilon-subunit promoter in congenital myasthenic syndrome.
Annals of neurology - 1 Apr 1999
Nichols P, Croxen R, Vincent A, Rutter R, Hutchinson M, Newsom-Davis J, Beeson D
Abstract excerpt
Congenital myasthenic syndrome comprises a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders of neuromuscular transmission. Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) deficiency is the most common form of congenital myasthenic syndrome and in most cases results from mutations within the coding region of the AChR epsilon subunit. However, studies in mice have established that synapse-specific expression of AChR is dependent on a...
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