antiacetylcholine receptor antibody

WordNet

any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response

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Yoshida Y, Ueda R, Murakawa T, Ota S, Nakajima J.SourceDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, and Department of Neurology, Mita Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. yyoshida-tky@umin.ac.jp
Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals.Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann.2012 Aug;20(4):479-81. doi: 10.1177/0218492312440187.
We encountered a 72-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis and thymoma who received glucocorticoid therapy for respiratory failure before undergoing thymectomy. After the antiacetylcholine receptor antibody titer was normalized, and the thymoma shrunk with prednisolone, the patient was free from symp
PMID 22879563

Increasing incidence of elderly onset patients with myasthenia gravis in a local area of Japan.

Matsui N, Nakane S, Nakagawa Y, Kondo K, Mitsui T, Matsumoto T, Arisawa K, Kaji R.SourceDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Health Bioscience, Tokushima University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry.2009 Oct;80(10):1168-71. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.152637.
OBJECTIVE: As the number of elderly patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) has recently increased in Europe and the USA, a retrospective survey of Japanese MG patients was conducted in a single neurological centre over several decades.METHODS: The study consisted of 112 consecutive MG patients with on
PMID 19762910

Postthymectomy myasthenia gravis: relationship with thymoma and antiacetylcholine receptor antibody.

Nakajima J, Murakawa T, Fukami T, Sano A, Takamoto S, Ohtsu H.SourceDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. nakajima-tho@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
The Annals of thoracic surgery.Ann Thorac Surg.2008 Sep;86(3):941-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.070.
BACKGROUND: Myasthenia gravis occasionally develops in a postthymectomy patient with no preoperative history of this disease.METHODS: We retrospectively assessed the clinical course, history, and findings of myasthenia gravis, and examined the serum titers of antiacetylcholine receptor-binding antib
PMID 18721587

神経疾患重症筋無力症 (特集小児神経・精神疾患臨床のトランジション--より良いキャリーオーバーを目指して) -- (小児期から成人期への臨床経過とその経年的なマネージメント)

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Internal Medicine 46(11), 743-745, 2007
… We established a diagnosis of MG based on the results of an edrophonium test and a voluntary single fiber electromyogram (vSFEMG), and a high serum antiacetylcholine receptor antibody level. …
NAID 130000076725

Clinical Outcomes Following Extended Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis : Report of 17 Cases

HASE Ryunosuke,SUGIURA Hiroshi,FUKUNAGA Akira,TAKAHASHI Hiroshi,SIMOZAWA Eiji,KONDO Satoshi
Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 12(3), 203-206, 2006-06-01
NAID 10020385322