Serum glutamate decarboxylase antibodies and neurological disorders: when to suspect their association?
Laura Lacruz BallesterMireya Fernandez-FournierInmaculada Puertas MuñozOlaia Rodriguez FragaClara Lastras Fernandez-EscandonFrancisco Javier Rodriguez de Rivera GarridoElda Maria Alba SuarezAntonio Tallon BarrancoPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)
Serum GAD-Abs were infrequently found in patients with clinical phenotypes other than those classically described as anti-GAD disorders, and with very low titers. In typical anti-GAD syndromes, there is a high comorbidity with DM and with other autoimmune diseases, and high serum GAD-Abs levels are usually present.
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