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Background Evidence is conflicting about a causal role of inflammation in psychosis and, specifically, regarding antibodies binding to neuronal membrane targets, especially N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. NMDAR, LGI1 and GABA-A antibodies were found more prevalent in people with psychosis than in healthy controls. We aim to test whether these antibodies are pathogenic and may cause isolated psychosis...
Human autoantibodies to contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2) are often associated with neuropathic pain, and CASPR2 mutations have been linked to autism spectrum disorders, in which sensory dysfunction is increasingly recognized. Human CASPR2 autoantibodies, when injected into mice, were peripherally restricted and resulted in mechanical pain-related hypersensitivity in the absence of neural...
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is one of the best understood autoantibody-mediated disorders. The pathogenic antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) have been well characterized and are known to impair neuromuscular transmission by direct blockade, complement-mediated damage and accelerated receptor-mediated endocytosis. The clinical presentation is characterized by fatigable weakness, with a...
Objective:A study was undertaken to describe the clinical spectrum, voltage‐gated potassium channel (VGKC) complex antibody specificities, and central nervous system localization of antibody binding in 29 patients diagnosed with Morvan syndrome (MoS).
Methods:Clinical data were collected using questionnaires. Radioimmunoassay, cell‐based assays, and mouse brain immunohistochemistry were used to characterize...
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is one of the best understood autoantibody-mediated disorders. The pathogenic antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) have been well characterized and are known to impair neuromuscular transmission by direct blockade, complement mediated damage and accelerate receptor-mediated endocytosis. The clinical presentation is characterized by fatiguable weakness with a...
Transsternal thymectomy is well established in the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Surgical strategy and patient selection, however, remain controversial. This paper reports the experience of a supraregional center looking into the influence of different preoperative risk factors on surgical outcome. Between 1987 and 1998, 85 consecutive patients (65 female; mean age, 30.5 years) were enrolled...
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