Plasma exchange for primary autoimmune autonomic failure.

نویسندگان

  • Christoph Schroeder
  • Steven Vernino
  • Andreas L Birkenfeld
  • Jens Tank
  • Karsten Heusser
  • Axel Lipp
  • Thomas Benter
  • Carsten Lindschau
  • Ralph Kettritz
  • Friedrich C Luft
  • Jens Jordan
چکیده

We report on a patient with long-standing severe autonomic failure that affected his sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Antibodies against the ganglionic acetylcholine receptors were detected in the serum. Removal of the antibodies by means of plasma exchange resulted in a dramatic clinical improvement.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The New England journal of medicine

دوره 353 15  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005