Serum antibodies against membranous labyrinth in patients with 'idiopathic' bilateral vestibulopathy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 132-136

  Arbusow, Viktor ^a   Strupp, Michael ^a   Dieterich, Marianne ^a   Stöcker, Wilfried ^b   Naumann, Andreas ^a   Schulz, Peter ^a   Brandt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Clinical Immunological Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Bilateral vestibulopathy; Cochlea; Immunofluorescence; Labyrinth

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INNER EAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

AUTOANTIBODIES; EAR, INNER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0031940984     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050192     Document Type: Article

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