Autonomic "myasthenia": the case for an autoimmune pathogenesis
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- DOI: 10.1172/JCI18180
Autonomic "myasthenia": the case for an autoimmune pathogenesis
Comment on
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Immunization with neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor induces neurological autoimmune disease.J Clin Invest. 2003 Mar;111(6):907-13. doi: 10.1172/JCI17429. J Clin Invest. 2003. PMID: 12639997 Free PMC article.
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