anti-glutamate decarboxylase-2 antibody

Antibodies against pancreatic islet cells with specificity for glutamate decarboxylase-2. Etiology: - may occur in patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 - found in high titer in stiff-man syndrome

Related

anti-glutamate decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) antibody diabetes mellitus type 1 (insulin-dependent, juvenile) glutamate decarboxylase 2; glutamate decarboxylase 65 kD isoform (GAD2, GAD65)

General

anti-islet cell antibody (ICA) anti-glutamate decarboxylase antibody

References

Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998