Diagnostic challenges in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

F Eftimov, IM Lucke, LA Querol, YA Rajabally… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) consists of a spectrum
of autoimmune diseases of the peripheral nerves, causing weakness and sensory …

Autoimmune nodopathies, an emerging diagnostic category

L Martín-Aguilar, C Lleixà… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
AN have emerged as a new diagnostic category pathologically different from acquired
demyelinating neuropathies. Clinically they overlap with GBS and CIDP although they …

Clinical and laboratory features in anti-NF155 autoimmune nodopathy

L Martín-Aguilar, C Lleixà, E Pascual-Goñi… - Neurology …, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives To study the clinical and laboratory features of antineurofascin-
155 (NF155)–positive autoimmune nodopathy (AN). Methods Patients with anti-NF155 …

Clinical and diagnostic features of anti‐neurofascin‐155 antibody‐positive neuropathy in Han Chinese

W Wang, C Liu, W Li, D Zhang, Y Shan… - Annals of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the clinical features of Han Chinese patients with anti‐neurofascin‐
155 (NF155) antibody‐positive neuropathy. Methods We screened 194 patients with …

Antibodies to nodal/paranodal proteins in paediatric immune-mediated neuropathy

D De Simoni, G Ricken, M Winklehner… - Neurology …, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Patients with nodal/paranodal antibodies represent a specific subgroup of inflammatory
peripheral neuropathies, whose clinical presentation with a prolonged subacute phase …

Value of Antibody Determinations in Chronic Dysimmune Neuropathies

S Tozza, E Spina, A Iovino, R Iodice, R Dubbioso… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic dysimmune neuropathies encompass a group of neuropathies that share immune-
mediated pathomechanism. Chronic dysimmune antibody-related neuropathies include anti …

Serum contactin-1 in CIDP: A cross-sectional study

L Wieske, L Martín-Aguilar, J Fehmi… - Neurology …, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To investigate whether serum levels of contactin-1, a paranodal protein, correlate
with paranodal injury as seen in patients with CIDP with antibodies targeting the paranodal …

Contactin-Associated Protein-Like 2-Related Peripheral Nerve Hyperexcitability Associated With Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 4F

JM Ferrara, M Wiid, S Burke - The Neurohospitalist, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Contactin-associated protein-like 2 autoimmunity is an uncommon disorder resulting in
peripheral nerve hyperexcitability or encephalitis. In a fifth of cases, onset may be provoked …

Combined Central and Peripheral Demyelination With IgM Anti–Neurofascin 155 Antibodies: Case Report

A Pegat, E Delmont, J Svahn, E Bernard… - Neurology …, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Discussion We reported herein an instructive case with (1) a peripheral clinical picture of
CIDP with ataxia and tremor associated with simultaneous acute relapse of cervical myelitis …

Autoantibodies in neuromuscular disorders

L Querol, E Gallardo, I Illa - Acquired Neuromuscular Disorders …, 2022 - Springer
Autoimmune neuromuscular disorders are very heterogeneous both in their clinical
presentation and their pathogenesis. The discovery of specific autoantibodies targeting the …