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48-year-old woman presents to the physician with complaints of muscle weakness which has been troubling her for more than 5 years. Over the x months, she has noticed increasing difficulty in getting up from the chair, climbing stairs and combing her hair. On physical examination, proxim muscle strength in both upper and lower extremities is between 2/5 and 3/5. There is no rash. Muscle biopsy shows endomysial lymphocytic infiltra and patchy muscle fiber necrosis. An antibody directed against which of the following antigens is most likely to be seen in this patient? Answers A-E A Acetylcholine receptor B Bullous pemphigoid antigen C Desmoglein 1 and 3 D Histidyl tRNA synthetase E Presynaptic calcium channel Previous Next O

48-year-old woman presents to the physician with complaints of muscle weakness which has been troubling her for more than 5 years. Over the x months, she has noticed increasing difficulty in getting up from the chair, climbing stairs and combing her hair. On physical examination, proxim muscle strength in both upper and lower extremities is between 2/5 and 3/5. There is no rash. Muscle biopsy shows endomysial lymphocytic infiltra and patchy muscle fiber necrosis. An antibody directed against which of the following antigens is most likely to be seen in this patient? Answers A-E A Acetylcholine receptor B Bullous pemphigoid antigen C Desmoglein 1 and 3 D Histidyl tRNA synthetase E Presynaptic calcium channel Previous Next O

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