Anti-MuSK antibodies: Correlation with myasthenia gravis severity

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作者：

Bartoccioni, E.

Scuderi, F.

Minicuci, G. M.

Marino, M.

Ciaraffa, F.

Evoli, A.

机构：

[1] Catholic Univ, Neurosci Dept, I-00168 Rome, Italy

[2] Catholic Univ, Dept Gen Pathol, I-00168 Rome, Italy

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NEUROLOGY | 2006年 / 67卷 / 03期

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10.1212/01.wnl.0000228225.23349.5d

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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

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摘要：

The authors measured anti-muscle-specific tyrosine kinase ( anti-MuSK) antibodies ( Abs) in 83 serum samples from 40 patients and evaluated their correlation with myasthenia gravis severity and treatment response. Ab concentrations were often reduced by immunosuppression but not after thymectomy. Both in individual cases and in the whole population, a correlation between Ab levels and disease severity was found.

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