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Title: Thymic lymphocytes in myasthenia gravis. Author: Birnbaum G, Tsairis P. Journal: Ann Neurol; 1977 Apr; 1(4):331-3. PubMed ID: 152595. Abstract: Lymphocytes from the thymus glands of myasthenic patients and controls were characterized in terms of their percentages of B- and T-cells and their ability to stimulate the proliferation of autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes. Percentages of B- and T-cells were the same in the thymuses of myasthenic and control subjects. Autologous peripheral lymphocyte stimulation by thymocytes was observed in only 1 of 3 myasthenic patients, and this was with a thymus gland containing a thymoma. These results thus differ from those of other investigators.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]