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Autoimmune associations and autoantibody screening show focused recognition in patient subgroups with generalized myasthenia gravis.
Human immunology - 1 Sept 2013
Klein Reinhild, Marx Alexander, Ströbel Philipp, Schalke Berthold, Nix Wilfred, Willcox Nick
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune associations in myasthenia gravis (MG)-patients and their relatives have not been re-assessed since their separation into early- or late-onset MG (EOMG, LOMG), or thymoma-associated MG. Here, we analysed 226 EOMG-, 97 LOMG-, and 150 thymoma-patients for autoimmune disorders in themselves and their relatives. From 283 of them sera were tested for different organ- and non-organ-specific autoantibodies...
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