Efficacy of immunotherapy in seropositive and seronegative putative autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2002-2008

  Iodice, V ^a   Kimpinski, K ^a   Vernino, S ^b   Sandroni, P ^a   Fealey, R D ^a   Low, P A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDROCORTISONE; FLUDROCORTISONE ACETATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MIDODRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; PROAMARINE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE AUTONOMIC GANGLIONOPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING;

EID: 67649484456     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a92b52     Document Type: Article

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