title: [The clinico-immunological characteristics of myasthenia patients].
abstract: Data are submitted of examination of 480 patients with myasthenia. The host protective mechanisms were studied, with the immunodeficiency (both cellular and humoral) having been ascertained. The above event were found out to be associated with severity of myasthenia, being more apparent in gravely ill patients.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shevniuk
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Shumilina
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dubov
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000276:immunology*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000276:immunology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000276:immunology; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000276:immunology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology
vernacular_title: Kliniko-immunologicheskaia kharakteristika bol'nykh miastenieĭ.