Autoantibodies to ganglionic acetylcholine receptors in autoimmune autonomic neukopathies

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 847-855

  Vernino, Steven ^a   Low, Phillip A ^a   Fealey, Robert D ^a   Stewart, John D ^b   Farrugia, Gianrico ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; EPIBATIDINE; IODINE 125; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEATING;

EID: 0034699650     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200009213431204     Document Type: Article

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