Recent advances in autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-518

  Winston, Nicole ^a   Vernino, Steven ^a  

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

Author keywords

acetylcholine receptor; antibodies; orthostatic hypotension; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; FLUDROCORTISONE; GANGLIONIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MIDODRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNE AUTONOMIC GANGLIONOPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 77956395081     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833d4c7f     Document Type: Review

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