Article
Immunoglobulin allotypes in myasthenia gravis patients with a thymoma.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Jun 1990
Gilhus N E, Pandey J P, Gaarder P I, Aarli J A
Abstract excerpt
Gm and Km allotypes were examined in 29 myasthenia gravis patients with a thymoma and non-receptor skeletal muscle antibodies. The frequency of the phenotype Gm1,2,3;23;5,21 was significantly higher in the patients than in 292 healthy controls (P less than 0.01). Km allotype frequencies did not differ in patients and controls.
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Analysis of Variance
- Autoantibodies
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Female
- Hemagglutination Tests
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Allotypes
- Immunoglobulin G
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscles
