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Original Article

Ganglionic acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies in patients with autoimmune diseases including primary biliary cirrhosis

Yasuhiro MaedaDepartment of Clinical Research, ;Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan, ;Department of Neuroimmunology,
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Shunya NakaneDepartment of Clinical Research, ;Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan, Correspondence[email protected]
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Osamu HiguchiDepartment of Clinical Research,
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Hideki NakamuraDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan,
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Atsumasa KomoriDepartment of Clinical Research, ;Department of Hepatology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan,
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Kiyoshi MigitaDepartment of Clinical Research,
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Akihiro MukainoDepartment of Neurology and Strokology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, ;First Department of Internal Medicine,
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Masataka UmedaDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan,
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Kunihiro IchinoseDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan,
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Mami TamaiDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan,
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Shin-ya KawashiriDepartment of Public health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Waka SakaiDepartment of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan,
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Hiroshi YatsuhashiDepartment of Clinical Research, ;Department of Hepatology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan,
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Atsushi KawakamiDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan,
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Hidenori MatsuoDepartment of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Kawatana Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan,
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Pages 664-668 | Received 15 May 2016, Accepted 15 Aug 2016, Published online: 30 Sep 2016

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