Longitudinal MuSK antibody levels may correlate with disease severity in MuSK myasthenia gravis
MuSK antibody level, unlike total IgG, is a specific and valuable biomarker for monitoring intrapatient disease activity and therapeutic response. These findings strongly support the utility of serial MuSK antibody monitoring within individual patients.
Authors
- Kyosuke Takasaka
- Kentaro Kurumada
- Hideo Handa
- Satoshi Kuwabara
- Manato Yasuda
- Yukiko Ozawa
- Akiyuki Uzawa
- Etsuko Ogaya
- Hiroyuki Akamine
Institutions
- Chiba University (JP)
- University of the Ryukyus (JP)
- Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neuroimmunology
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2026.578876
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00