Neuronal ganglionic acetylcholine receptor autoimmunity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 998, Issue , 2003, Pages 211-214

  Vernino, Steven ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic neuropathy; Gastrointestinal dysmotility; Orthostatic hypotension; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPIBATIDINE; IODINE 125; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSAUTONOMIA; GANGLION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PATIENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOLUBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141839039     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1254.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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