Acetylcholine receptor antibody measurements in acquired myasthenia gravis. Diagnostic sensitivity and predictive value for thymoma

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1998 May 13:841:471-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10965.x.

Authors

A M Husain¹, J M Massey, J F Howard, D B Sanders

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine (Neurology), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

PMID: 9668277
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10965.x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / blood*
Humans
Myasthenia Gravis / complications
Myasthenia Gravis / diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis / immunology*
Myasthenia Gravis / surgery
Predictive Value of Tests
Receptors, Cholinergic / immunology*
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Thymectomy
Thymoma / diagnosis*
Thymoma / immunology
Thymoma / surgery
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Thymus Neoplasms / immunology
Thymus Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

Autoantibodies
Receptors, Cholinergic