Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Dysmotility (AGID) Evaluation

Diagnosis¹

January 2011

Diagnostic clues from the history could include a personal or family history of autoimmunity or cancer. Oncological associations have been seen in a paraneoplastic context in patients with autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility include carcinomas (usually of the lung), breast, endometrium or GI system and thymoma.

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• Introduction
• New Profile
• Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Dysmotility
• Symptoms
• Diagnosis¹
• Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Dysmotility^1,2
• Gastrointestinal Motility Studies
• Antibody Evaluation
• Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Autoantibody^3,4
• Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Autoantibody
• Antibody Profile
• AGID Evaluation Testing Algorithm
• Clinical Utility
• Clinical Utility
• Summary
• References
• Questions?