FAMILIAL AUTOIMMUNE MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS - REPORT OF 4 FAMILIES

Authors
EVOLI A BATOCCHI AP ZELANO G UNCINI A PALMISANI MT TONALI P
Citation
A. Evoli et al., FAMILIAL AUTOIMMUNE MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS - REPORT OF 4 FAMILIES, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 58(6), 1995, pp. 729-731
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223050
Volume
58
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
729 - 731
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3050(1995)58:6<729:FAM-RO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Four families each with two patients with autoimmune myasthenia gravis or related conditions are reported. All clinical forms of myasthenia gravis were represented and different disease types were found within the same family. Either one or two generations could be affected and n o association with a single HLA haplotype was found. The frequency of familial autoimmune myasthenia gravis is very low and the genetic fact ors involved seem to be different from MHC genes.