Anti-MuSK antibodies: Correlation with myasthenia gravis severity

Emanuela Bartoccioni, Flavia Scuderi, Giacomo Maria Minicuci, Mariapaola Marino, F. Ciaraffa, Amelia Evoli Stampanoni-B

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Abstract

The authors measured anti–muscle-specific tyrosine kinase (anti- MuSK) antibodies (Abs) in 83 serum samples from 40 patients and evaluated their correlation with myasthenia gravis severity and treatment response. Ab concentrations were often reduced by immunosuppression but not after thymectomy. Both in individual cases and in the whole population, a correlation between Ab levels and disease severity was found.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)505-507
Numero di pagine3
RivistaNeurology
Volume67
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2006

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antibodies
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Receptors, Cholinergic
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Statistics as Topic

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