Aquaporin-4 autoantibody: A neurogenic cause of anorexia and weight loss

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-47

  Fung, Eva Lai Wah ^a   Tsung, Lilian Li Yan ^a   Dale, Russell C ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL NERVE; THALAMUS; VOMITING; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PONS; THALAMUS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 83755186585     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04099.x     Document Type: Article

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