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Autoimmune Disease
Reports summarize autoimmune disease study results from University of Texas
April 7th, 2009
"Some forms of peripheral autonomic dysfunction (especially enteric neuropathy and subacute panautonomic failure) occur as autoimmune phenomena either in isolation or in the context of cancer," researchers in the United States report. "Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy is an example of a severe, but potentially treatable, antibody-mediated form of autonomic failure. Diagnostic evaluation of autonomic disorders can be supplemented by testing for paraneoplastic antibodies and antibodies against membrane receptors," wrote S. Vernino and colleagues, University of Texas. The researchers concluded: "The diagnostic antibodies most commonly associated with...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-07)
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