Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy: A possible postganglionic neuropathy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 504-507

  Manganelli, Fiore ^a   Dubbioso, Raffaele ^a   Nolano, Maria ^b   Iodice, Rosa ^a   Pisciotta, Chiara ^a   Provitera, Vincenzo ^b   Ruggiero, Lucia ^a   Serlenga, Luigi ^c   Barbieri, Fabrizio ^a   Santoro, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c L Bonomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FLUDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MIDODRINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE AUTONOMIC GANGLIONOPATHY; AUTONOMIC NERVE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLADDER FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; SKIN BIOPSY; SOMATIC NERVE; SURAL NERVE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC;

EID: 79953847143     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.60     Document Type: Article

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