TY - JOUR
T1 - Plasma exchange for primary autoimmune autonomic failure
AU - Schroeder, Christoph
AU - Vernino, Steven
AU - Birkenfeld, Andreas L.
AU - Tank, Jens
AU - Heusser, Karsten
AU - Lipp, Axel
AU - Benter, Thomas
AU - Lindschau, Carsten
AU - Kettritz, Ralph
AU - Luft, Friedrich C.
AU - Jordan, Jens
PY - 2005/10/13
Y1 - 2005/10/13
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1056/NEJMoa051719
DO - 10.1056/NEJMoa051719
M3 - Article
C2 - 16221781
AN - SCOPUS:26444545495
VL - 353
SP - 1585
EP - 1590
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 15
ER -