ANTI-GAL-C ANTIBODY IN AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPATHIES SUBSEQUENT TO MYCOPLASMA-INFECTION

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作者
KUSUNOKI, S [1 ]
CHIBA, A [1 ]
HITOSHI, S [1 ]
TAKIZAWA, H [1 ]
KANAZAWA, I [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,FAC MED,DEPT MED & PHYS THERAPY,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
关键词
GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; MULTIFOCAL MOTOR NEUROPATHY; GALACTOCEREBROSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;
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10.1002/mus.880180407
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Four of 82 patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and 1 of 12 with multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), who previously had had Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, had serum antibody to galactocerebroside (Gal-C). Two patients with GBS without mycoplasma infection also had anti-Gal-C antibody, whereas none of the normal or the disease controls had it. As Gal-C is a major glycolipid antigen in myelin, anti-Gal-C antibody may function in the pathogenesis of autoimmune demyelinative neuropathies, Mycoplasma pneumoniae appears to be an important preceding infectious agent in autoimmune neuropathies with anti-Gal-C antibody. (C) 1995 John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
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