The spectrum of autoimmune autonomic neuropathies

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 752-758

  Klein, Caroline M ^a   Vernino, Steven ^b   Lennon, Vanda A ^b   Sandroni, Paola ^b   Fealey, Robert D ^b   Benrud Larson, Lisa ^b   Sletten, David ^b   Low, Phillip A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BINDING SITES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUPIL DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0038780831     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10556     Document Type: Article

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