Acetylcholine receptor antibody in myasthenia gravis |
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| Authors: | P. E. Marchiori M. dos Reis M. E. Quevedo M. Scaff W. Cossermelli J. L. Assis R. M. de Oliveira |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neurology, S?o Paulo University Medical School, Brazil. |
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| Abstract: | Radioimmunoassay techniques were used to detect antibodies to the acetylcholine receptor (AAChR) in 164 patients with adult-onset myasthenia gravis. AAChR levels above 0.6 nM/l were considered pathological and were found in 67% of the patients with an average value of 58.99 +/- 125.02 nM/l (0.6-900.0). Correlation, with clinical functional status, the histopathological thymus alterations and the different therapeutics used did not disclose any statistically significant differences. |
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| Keywords: | myasthenia gravis acetylcholine receptor antibody |
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