Plasma exchange for primary autoimmune autonomic failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1585-1590

  Schroeder, Christoph ^a,c   Vernino, Steven ^e   Birkenfeld, Andreas L ^a,c   Tank, Jens ^a,c   Heusser, Karsten ^a,c   Lipp, Axel ^b   Benter, Thomas ^d   Lindschau, Carsten ^a,c   Kettritz, Ralph ^a,c   Luft, Friedrich C ^a,c   Jordan, Jens ^a,c  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Helios Klinikum   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISOLONE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 26444545495     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa051719     Document Type: Article

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