Do acetylcholine receptor and striated muscle antibodies predict the presence of thymoma in patients with myasthenia gravis?

Choi Decroos, Emily; Hobson-Webb, Lisa D; Juel, Vern C; Massey, Janice M; Sanders, Donald B

Choi Decroos, Emily; Hobson-Webb, Lisa D; Juel, Vern C; Massey, Janice M; Sanders, Donald B.

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Choi Decroos E; Neuromuscular Section, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 3403, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA.

Muscle Nerve ; 49(1): 30-4, 2014 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23625360

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Antibodies/blood; Muscle, Striated/immunology; Myasthenia Gravis/epidemiology; Receptors, Cholinergic/immunology; Thymoma/epidemiology; Thymus Neoplasms/epidemiology; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Age of Onset; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antibodies/immunology; Autoantibodies/blood; Biomarkers/blood; Child; Child, Preschool; Comorbidity; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Thymoma/diagnosis; Thymoma/immunology; Thymus Neoplasms/diagnosis; Thymus Neoplasms/immunology; Young Adult

Key words

acetylcholine receptor antibody; myasthenia gravis predictive value; striated muscle antibody; thymoma

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Thymoma / Thymus Neoplasms / Receptors, Cholinergic / Muscle, Striated / Antibodies / Myasthenia Gravis Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Language: En Year: 2014 Type: Article

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