Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor Autoantibody Oncological, Neurological, and Serological Accompaniments
Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor Autoantibody Oncological, Neurological, and Serological Accompaniments
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10.1001/archneurol.2009.78
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发表时间:
2009-06-01
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Pittock, Sean J.
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McKeon, Andrew;Lennon, Vanda A.;Pittock, Sean J.
Objective: To describe the clinical utility of the nicotinic ganglionic acetylcholine receptor (alpha 3-AChR) autoantibody as a marker of neurological autoimmunity and cancer.Design: Case-control study.Setting: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.Patients: A total of 15 000 patients seen at Mayo Clinic (2005-2007) and evaluated on a service basis for paraneoplastic neurological autoimmunity for whom clinical information was obtained retrospectively by medical record review as well as 457 neurologically asymptomatic patients or control subjects of whom 173 were healthy, 245 had lung cancer, and 39 had systemic lupus erythematosus or Sjogren syndrome.Outcome Measures: Neurological, oncological, and serological associations of alpha 3-AChR autoantibody seropositivity.Results: Of 15 000 patients tested on a service basis, 1% were seropositive (median, 0.12 nmol/L; range, 0.03-18.8 nmol/L; normal, = 1.00 nmol/L), 83% had pandysautonomia. Of 85 patients with medium antibody values (0.10-0.99 nmol/L), neurological presentations were more diverse and included peripheral neuropathies (36%), dysautonomia (20%, usually limited), and encephalopathy (13%). Of 58 patients with low antibody values (0.03-0.09 nmol/L), 54% had a nonautoimmune neurological disorder or no neurological disorder. Of 245 control patients with lung cancer, 7.8% were seropositive. Only 1 of 212 control patients without cancer (0.5%) was seropositive (P