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- Title
Autoantibodies in the diagnostic work-up of neuropathy: clinically useful or purely academic?
- Authors
Sahi, Nitin; Ghasemi, Majid; Rajabally, Yusuf A
- Abstract
The search for autoantibodies in patients with acute and chronic neuropathies has become widespread in neurological practice. These tests are more routinely available and therefore are more commonly requested in larger hospitals with neuroscience centres, although they are now also regularly requested from district general hospital settings, including by non-neurologists. However, the clinical value of these frequently expensive tests is often unclear and their impact on management not always obviously beneficial. This article reviews the main immunological tests used to search for specific autoantibodies in the setting of neuropathy and discusses their potential diagnostic importance, together with the eventual therapeutic implications of results obtained.
- Subjects
PERIPHERAL neuropathy diagnosis; AUTOANTIBODIES; IMMUNOLOGY technique; NEUROLOGY; ROUTINE diagnostic tests
- Publication
British Journal of Hospital Medicine (17508460), 2020, Vol 81, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1750-8460
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/hmed.2020.0085