Plasma Exchange for Primary Autoimmune Autonomic Failure
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Plasma exchange for primary autoimmune autonomic failure.
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: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa051719