These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Rabbit antiserum to a citric acid extract of human skeletal muscle staining thymomas from myasthenia gravis patients.
    Author: Gilhus NE, Aarli JA, Christensson B, Matre R.
    Journal: J Neuroimmunol; 1984 Nov; 7(1):55-64. PubMed ID: 6389592.
    Abstract:
    Rabbit antiserum to a citric acid extract of human skeletal muscle (CA) stained both the cell membrane and the cross-striational bands of skeletal muscle cells. The rabbit antiserum also stained the cell membrane of epithelial thymoma cells from myasthenia gravis (MG) patients. Normal and hyperplastic thymus tissue were not stained, apart from scattered myoid thymic cells. Absorption of the antiserum with CA abolished staining of the thymoma, indicating that human skeletal muscle and epithelial thymoma cells possess common antigens.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]