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Recent advances in genetic predisposition of myasthenia gravis.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2013
Zagoriti Zoi, Kambouris Manousos E, Patrinos George P, Tzartos Socrates J, Poulas Konstantinos
Abstract excerpt
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease mediated by the presence of autoantibodies that bind to components of the neuromuscular junction, causing the symptoms of muscular weakness and fatigability. Like most autoimmune disorders, MG is a multifactorial, noninherited disease, though with an established genetic constituent. The heterogeneity observed in MG perplexes genetic analysis even more, as it occurs...
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