Autoimmunity against dopamine receptors in neuropsychiatric and movement disorders: A review of Sydenham chorea and beyond

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 90-100

  Cunningham, M W ^a   Cox, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Chorea; Dopamine; Dopamine receptor; Streptococci

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN BINDING; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASAL GANGLION; CHOREA MINOR; CROSS REACTION; DONOR; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CHOREA; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHOREA; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84954394331     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12614     Document Type: Review

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