Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Dysmotility (AGID) Evaluation
Introduction
January 2011
Welcome to Mayo Medical Laboratories' Hot Topics. These presentations provide short discussions of current topics and may be helpful to you in your practice.
Our presenter for this program is Andrew McKeon, MB BCh (N-AI), consultant in the Neuroimmunology Laboratory in the Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. McKeon will review the diagnostic testing algorithm for autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility (AGID), define the clinical utility of an AGID evaluation, and describe interpretation of laboratory testing.
Introduction |
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- New Profile
- Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Dysmotility
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis1
- Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Dysmotility1,2
- Gastrointestinal Motility Studies
- Antibody Evaluation
- Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Autoantibody3,4
- Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Autoantibody
- Antibody Profile
- AGID Evaluation Testing Algorithm
- Clinical Utility
- Clinical Utility
- Summary
- References
- Questions?