Idiopathic Autonomic Neuropathy: Comparison of Cases Seropositive and Seronegative for Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-48

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

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0347949645     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.1.44     Document Type: Review

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