Title |
A Genome-Wide Association Study of Myasthenia Gravis
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Published in |
JAMA Neurology, April 2015
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DOI | 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.4103 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Alan E. Renton, Hannah A. Pliner, Carlo Provenzano, Amelia Evoli, Roberta Ricciardi, Michael A. Nalls, Giuseppe Marangi, Yevgeniya Abramzon, Sampath Arepalli, Sean Chong, Dena G. Hernandez, Janel O. Johnson, Emanuela Bartoccioni, Flavia Scuderi, Michelangelo Maestri, J. Raphael Gibbs, Edoardo Errichiello, Adriano Chiò, Gabriella Restagno, Mario Sabatelli, Mark Macek, Sonja W. Scholz, Andrea Corse, Vinay Chaudhry, Michael Benatar, Richard J. Barohn, April McVey, Mamatha Pasnoor, Mazen M. Dimachkie, Julie Rowin, John Kissel, Miriam Freimer, Henry J. Kaminski, Donald B. Sanders, Bernadette Lipscomb, Janice M. Massey, Manisha Chopra, James F. Howard, Wilma J. Koopman, Michael W. Nicolle, Robert M. Pascuzzi, Alan Pestronk, Charlie Wulf, Julaine Florence, Derrick Blackmore, Aimee Soloway, Zaeem Siddiqi, Srikanth Muppidi, Gil Wolfe, David Richman, Michelle M. Mezei, Theresa Jiwa, Joel Oger, Daniel B. Drachman, Bryan J. Traynor |
Abstract |
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic, autoimmune, neuromuscular disease characterized by fluctuating weakness of voluntary muscle groups. Although genetic factors are known to play a role in this neuroimmunological condition, the genetic etiology underlying myasthenia gravis is not well understood. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 5 | 19% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 8% |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2 | 8% |
France | 1 | 4% |
Antarctica | 1 | 4% |
Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
Libya | 1 | 4% |
Finland | 1 | 4% |
Costa Rica | 1 | 4% |
Other | 2 | 8% |
Unknown | 9 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 18 | 69% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 19% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 8% |
Scientists | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Germany | 1 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Pakistan | 1 | <1% |
Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 165 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 25 | 15% |
Student > Master | 22 | 13% |
Researcher | 20 | 12% |
Other | 16 | 9% |
Other | 30 | 18% |
Unknown | 32 | 19% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 49 | 29% |
Neuroscience | 22 | 13% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 11% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 18 | 11% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 8 | 5% |
Other | 19 | 11% |
Unknown | 36 | 21% |