Assessment of cellular and humoral immunity of myasthenics.

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  • S W Huang
  • J W Rose
  • R F Mayer
چکیده

A close association of autoimmune diseases or autoimmune phenomena in myasthenia gravis is well known. A comprehensive immunological study of 22 patients with myasthenia gravis showed that changes in the immune system mainly involve the thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells). Anti-thymus antibody was present in 90% of the patients, and it paralleled the frequency of thymic abnormality in myasthenia gravis. It is postulated that in myasthenia gravis the altered T cell functions caused by anti-thymus antibody result in the formation of an array of autoantibodies including the factor which blocks the neuromuscular transmission.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry

دوره 40 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1977