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. 1980 Nov;43(11):967–970. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.43.11.967

Clinical and immunological associations in myasthenia gravis. 1: Autoantibodies.

H J Sagar, K Gelsthorpe, A Milford-Ward, G A Davies-Jones
PMCID: PMC490746  PMID: 6969294

Abstract

Associations between female sex, HLA B8, positive anti-thyroid microsomal antibody and, to a lesser extent, antinuclear antibody were seen in 34 patients with myasthenia gravis. This supports the concept that the disease is heterogeneous. Anti-DNA antibodies, which were present in 62% of the patients, did not show such associations.

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