Effect of complement and its regulation on myasthenia gravis pathogenesis.

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Published in Expert Rev Clin Immunol on January 01, 2008

Authors

Linda L Kusner1, Henry J Kaminski, Jindrich Soltys

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology & Psychiatry, Saint Louis University, 1438 South Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63104, USA. lkusner@slu.edu

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