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anti-ganglioside antibody
Etiology:
- associated with various forms of Guillain-Barre syndrome
- triggering agents include:
a) Campylobacter jejuni (major)
b) Mycoplasma pneumoniae (minor)
c) celiac disease (rare)
Laboratory:
- ganglioside antibody in body fluid
Notes:
- antibodies reactive with the core glycan of asialoganglioside (GA1), monosialoganglioside (GM1), & disialoganglioside (GD1a) [2]
Specific
anti-ganglioside GD1a antibody
anti-ganglioside GD1b antibody
anti-ganglioside GD2 antibody
anti-ganglioside GD3 antibody
anti-ganglioside GM1 Ab
anti-ganglioside GM1b antibody
anti-ganglioside GM2 antibody
anti-ganglioside GM3 antibody
anti-ganglioside GM4 antibody
anti-ganglioside GQ1a antibody
anti-ganglioside GQ1b antibody
General
autoantibody
References
- Wikipedia, Antiganglioside antibodies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anti-ganglioside_antibodies
- Avila JL, Rojas M, Avila A.
Increase in asialoganglioside- and monosialoganglioside-
reactive antibodies in chronic Chagas' disease patients.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1998 Mar;58(3):338-42.
PMID: 9546415