Antisulfatide polyneuropathy: Antibody-mediated complement attack on peripheral myelin

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 569-574

  Ferrari, Sergio ^a   Morbin, Michela ^a   Nobile Orazio, Eduardo ^b   Musso, Annamaria ^a   Tomelleri, Giuliano ^a   Bertolasi, Laura ^a   Rizzuto, Nicola ^a   Monaco, Salvatore ^a  

^a POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antisulfatide antibodies; IgM paraprotein; Peripheral neuropathy; Terminal complement complex; Widely spaced myelin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MYELIN; SULFATIDE; VITRONECTIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SURAL NERVE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SULFOGLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 0031740210     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050937     Document Type: Article

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