Diverse Fab specific for acetylcholine receptor epitopes from a myasthenia gravis thymus combinatorial library.
The muscle weakness in myasthenia gravis (MG) is caused by heterogeneous high-affinity IgG autoantibodies to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR), a complex ion channel glycoprotein. These antibodies are clearly responsible for reducing AChR numbers at the neuromuscular junction in myasthenia...
Main Authors: | Farrar, J, Portolano, S, Willcox, N, Vincent, A, Jacobson, L, Newsom-Davis, J, Rapoport, B, McLachlan, S |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1997
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