Peripheral nervous system involvement accompanies central nervous system involvement in anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) antibody-related disease.

Julian TheurietFlorent CluseAlice Gravier-DumonceauGéraldine PicardSterenn ClossVéronique RogemondNoémie TimestitFrançoise BouhourPhilippe PetiotVincent DavyEve ChansonJoaquín Arzalluz-LuqueRomain MarignierJerome HonnoratAntoine Pegat

Published in: Journal of neurology (2023)

PNS involvement in GFAP-Abs autoimmunity is heterogeneous but not rare and is mostly represented by acute or subacute cranial nerve injury and/or lower limb radiculopathy. Rarely, PNS involvement can be the first manifestation revealing the disease.

Keyphrases

lower limb
liver failure
drug induced
neuropathic pain
respiratory failure
cerebrospinal fluid
spinal cord
amino acid
intensive care unit
small molecule
hepatitis b virus
protein protein