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anti-amphiphysin antibody

Etiology: 1) stiff person syndrome 2) encephalomyelitis 3) peripheral neuropathy 4) associated malignancies a) breast cancer b) small cell lung carcinoma Pathology: - neuronal antigen, synaptic vesicle a) amphiphysin c) p128

Related

amphiphysin (AMPH, AMPH1)

Specific

amphiphysin antibody in CSF amphiphysin antibody in serum

General

paraneoplastic autoantibody

References

  1. Stuve O & Zamvil SS. In: Medical Immunology 10th edition (2001), Section 3, Clinical Immunology. 38. Neurologic diseases.
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009