Long-term treatment with rituximab of autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy in a patient with lymphoma

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-375

  Hollenbeck, Ryan ^a,b   Black, Bonnie K ^a,b   Peltier, Amanda C ^b   Biaggioni, Italo ^a,b   Robertson, David ^a,b   Winton, Elliott F ^c   Raj, Satish R ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2 ANTIBODY; NORADRENALIN; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE AUTONOMIC GANGLIONOPATHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEAT TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SWEATING;

EID: 79952612949     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.289     Document Type: Article

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