Intractable Nausea and Vomiting From Autoantibodies Against a Brain Water Channel

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-245

  Iorio, Raffaele ^a   Lucchinetti, Claudia F ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a,b   Farrugia, Gianrico ^a   Pasricha, Pankaj J ^c   Weinshenker, Brian G ^a   Pittock, Sean J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4 Antibody; Central Nervous System; Chronic Nausea and Vomiting; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 ANTIBODY; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDER; STOMACH PARESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; VOMITING;

EID: 84874564556     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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