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===Myasthenia gravis=== [[Myasthenia gravis]] is an [[autoimmune disease]] which has been associated with a large number of different viruses, particularly EBV, [[Human papillomavirus|HPV]], and [[Poliovirus|polioviruses]]. In several studies EBV infection of the thymus has been found in myasthenia gravis patients, but not all studies have found this.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal | title = A Systematic Review of the Potential Implication of Infectious Agents in Myasthenia Gravis | date = 2021 | url=https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2021.618021|journal=Frontiers in Neurology|volume=12 | last = Leopardi | first = Victoria | last2 = Chang | first2 = Yu-Mei | last3 = Pham | first3 = Andrew | last4 = Luo | first4 = Jie | last5 = Garden | first5 = Oliver A.|doi=10.3389/fneur.2021.618021/full|issn=1664-2295}}</ref> [[B cell|B cells]] from [[myasthenia gravis]] patients stimulated ''in vitro'' by Epstein-Barr virus produced [[acetylcholine]] autoantibodies.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Brenner | first = T. | last2 = Timore | first2 = Y. | last3 = Wirguin | first3 = I. | last4 = Abramsky | first4 = O. | last5 = Steinitz | first5 = M. | date = Oct 1989 | title = In vitro synthesis of antibodies to acetylcholine receptor by Epstein-Barr virus-stimulated B-lymphocytes derived from patients with myasthenia gravis |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2553772|journal=Journal of Neuroimmunology|volume=24|issue=3 | pages = 217β222|issn=0165-5728|pmid=2553772}}</ref> While EBV infection of the [[thymus]] has been posited as a causative agent for the production of [[acetylcholine]] receptor autoantibodies in [[myasthenia gravis]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Kaminski | first = Henry J | last2 = Minarovits | first2 = Janos | title = Epstein-barr virus: Trigger for autoimmunity?| url = http://www.academia.edu/20258853/Epstein-barr_virus_Trigger_for_autoimmunity/|journal=Annals of Neurology|language=en|issn=0364-5134 | date = 2010 | volume=67|issue=6 | pages = 697-698| doi = | pmc = | pmid = | quote = |access-date=|via=}}</ref>, there is only limited evidence supporting EBV or other viruses as a cause of myasthenia gravis.<ref name=":1" />
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