The ageing and myasthenic thymus: a morphometric study validating a standard procedure in the histological workup of thymic specimens.
Journal: Journal Of Neuroimmunology
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Abstract
The thymus is believed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis (MG). The 80% of MG patients with anti-acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies fall into three clinical subgroups: 1) thymoma; 2) early-onset MG (
Authors
Philipp Ströbel, Regina Moritz, Maria Leite, Nick Willcox, Wen-yu Chuang, Ralf Gold, Wilfred Nix, Berthold Schalke, Reinhard Kiefer, Hans-konrad Müller Hermelink, Alfred Jaretzki, John Newsom Davis, Alexander Marx
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