Thymoma in Myasthenia Gravis: From Diagnosis to Treatment
One half of cortical thymoma patients develop myasthenia gravis (MG), while 15% of MG patients have thymomas. MG is a neuromuscular junction disease caused in 85% of the cases by acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies. Titin and ryanodine receptor (RyR) antibodies are found in 95% of thymoma MG an...
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Language: | English |
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SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research
2011
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3155972/ |