Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders : Experimental and Clinical Aspects: Proceedings of a New York Academy of Sciences Conference, April 12-15, 1992

This work on the neurosciences presents an update on normal physiological mechanisms at the neuromuscular junction, normal immune responses as these relate to auto-immunity, and pathogenic mechanisms responsible for myasthenia (the prototype human auto-immune disease), along with diagnostic and therapy information. This volume, sixth in a series published by the New York Academy of Sciences, emphasises the relevance of recent research on the thymus, T cells and MHC restriction, and transmembrane glycoprotein receptors, especially the acetyl choline receptor and the voltage-dependent calcium channel. Discussion of the parallel auto-immune disease, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, is also included.