High prevalence of serum autoantibodies against the amino terminal of α-enolase in Hashimoto's encephalopathy

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 195-200

  Yoneda, M ^a   Fujii, A ^a   Ito, A ^a   Yokoyama, H ^a   Nakagawa, H ^a   Kuriyama, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Clinical features; Hashimoto's encephalopathy; NAE

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33947665026     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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