Autoimmune Dysautonomia Evaluation

Autoimmune Dysautonomia^1,2

February 2011

Autoimmune dysautonomia may present as a pandysautonomia meaning that multiple components of the autonomic nervous system are affected or may present with a limited dysautonomia where the disorder is restricted to one or two areas only. Oncological associations of autoimmune dysautonomias include small cell carcinoma, thymoma and other neoplasms. Over 60% of the patients improve with immunotherapy.

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• Introduction
• New Profile
• Autoimmune Dysautonomia
• Autoimmune Dysautonomia
• Autoimmune Dysautonomia^1,2
• Pandysautonomia
• Limited Dysautonomia³
• Objective Testing
• Thermoregulatory Sweat Testing
• Antibody Testing
• Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Autoantibody
• Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR) Autoantibody
• Autoimmune Dysautonomia Antibody Profile
• Autoimmune Dysautonomia Evaluation Testing Algorithm
• Clinical Utility of Autoimmune Dysautonomia Evaluation
• Clinical Utility of Autoimmune Dysautonomia Evaluation
• Summary
• References
• Questions?