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Review
. 2010 Aug;43(5-6):344-52.
doi: 10.3109/08916931003602130.

Clinical aspects of myasthenia explained

Jan J G M Verschuuren  1 , Jackie Palace, Nils Erik Gilhus
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Review

Clinical aspects of myasthenia explained

Jan J G M Verschuuren et al. Autoimmunity. 2010 Aug.
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Abstract

Myasthenia gravis and myasthenic syndromes are diseases of the neuromuscular junction. Autoantibodies and toxins to or mutations in one of the synaptic proteins are the main causes of dysfunction. Myasthenic phenotypes can be classified according to the basic aetiological mechanisms or divided depending on the clinical phenotype.

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