Antigen mimicry in autoimmune disease. Can immune responses to microbial antigens that mimic acetylcholine receptor act as initial triggers of myasthenia gravis?
- 31 March 2000
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Human Immunology
- Vol. 61 (3) , 255-265
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0198-8859(99)00117-2
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