Anti-AChR Binding Antibodies: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction:
None written. Excerpt from the entry in Myasthenia Gravis:
Sensitivity is >80% for generalized myasthenia but down to 50+% in ocular myasthenia. Sensitivity is as high as 99% for patients with associated thymoma. In addition, some number of patients become seropositive over time so numbers can be 92% seropositive. Specificity is per UpToDate.
Sensitivity is >80% for generalized myasthenia but down to 50+% in ocular myasthenia. Sensitivity is as high as 99% for patients with associated thymoma. In addition, some number of patients become seropositive over time so numbers can be 92% seropositive. Specificity is per UpToDate.
Associated Diagnoses:
80% sensitive, 100% specific