Repeated acetylcholine receptor antibody-concentrations and association to clinical myasthenia gravis development.

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Published in PLoS One on December 02, 2014

Authors

Anne Taraldsen Heldal1, Geir Egil Eide2, Fredrik Romi3, Jone Furlund Owe3, Nils Erik Gilhus4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
2: Centre of Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
3: Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
4: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.

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