| Literature DB >> 29030766 |
Marco Zoccarato1, Matteo Gastaldi2, Luigi Zuliani3, Tiziana Biagioli4, Marco Brogi4, Gaetano Bernardi5, Elena Corsini5, Elena Bazzigaluppi6, Raffaella Fazio6, Claudia Giannotta7, Eduardo Nobile-Orazio7, Gianna Costa8, Raffaele Iorio9, Amelia Evoli9, Sara Mariotto10, Sergio Ferrari10, Elisabetta Galloni11, Valentina De Riva11, Elisabetta Zardini2, Diego Franciotta12, Bruno Giometto13,14.
Abstract
This document presents the guidelines for onconeural antibody testing that have been developed following a consensus process built on questionnaire-based surveys, internet contacts, and discussions at workshops of the sponsoring Italian Association of Neuroimmunology (AINI) congresses. Essential clinical information on paraneoplastic neurological syndromes, indications and limits of onconeural antibody testing, instructions for result interpretation, and an agreed laboratory protocol (Appendix) are reported for the communicative community of neurologists and clinical pathologists.Entities:
Keywords: Laboratory diagnostics; Neurological autoimmune diseases; Onconeural antibodies
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29030766 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-017-3031-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurol Sci ISSN: 1590-1874 Impact factor: 3.307