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September 14, 2009Archives of Neurology187 citations

Autoimmune Targets of Heart and Skeletal Muscles in Myasthenia Gravis

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NSNorihiro Suzuki

Key Points

  • To outline the autoimmune involvement of heart and skeletal muscles and characterize the role of antistriational autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis.
  • Evaluation of autoimmune muscle targeting and antibody profiles in patients with myasthenia gravis.
  • Both heart and skeletal muscles serve as direct autoimmune targets in a subset of patients with myasthenia gravis.
  • Muscle autoimmunity manifests as a broad clinical spectrum associated with antistriational autoantibodies.

Abstract

Heart and skeletal muscles are autoimmune targets in some patients with MG. This autoimmunity has a broad clinical spectrum with antistriational autoantibodies.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd54700a7b4bc8c410174fhttps://doi.org/10.1001/archneurol.2009.229
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