Neuromuscular junction autoimmune disease: muscle specific kinase antibodies and treatments for myasthenia gravis.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Some of the 20% of myasthenia gravis patients who do not have antibodies to acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) have antibodies to muscle specific kinase (MuSK), but a full understanding of their frequency, the associated clinical phenotype and the mechanisms of action of the antibod...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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