Autoantibodies to agrin in myasthenia gravis patients.

To determine if patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) have antibodies to agrin, a proteoglycan released by motor neurons and is critical for neuromuscular junction (NMJ) formation, we collected serum samples from 93 patients with MG with known status of antibodies to acetylcholine receptor (AChR), mu...

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Main Authors: Bin Zhang, Chengyong Shen, Beverly Bealmear, Samia Ragheb, Wen-Cheng Xiong, Richard A Lewis, Robert P Lisak, Lin Mei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3954737?pdf=render