pubmed-article:12935778 | pubmed:abstractText | Autoimmune myasthenia gravis is an antibody-mediated autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction aimed at the muscle acetylcholine receptor. Recent genetic analyses focusing on a nonclass II HLA-linked locus, MYAS1, and on one of the genes encoding the AChR self-antigen, CHRNA1, are discussed. | lld:pubmed |