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ArticleBrain sciences2022

Anti-Neurofascin Antibodies Associated with White Matter Diseases of the Central Nervous System: A Red Flag or a Red Herring?

Navnika Gupta, Afsaneh Shirani, Lakshman Arcot Jayagopal, Ezequiel Piccione, Elizabeth Hartman, Rana Khalil Zabad

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Article in Brain sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Navnika GuptaDepartment of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 988440 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8044-7539
Afsaneh ShiraniDepartment of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 988440 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8866-6426
Lakshman Arcot JayagopalDepartment of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 988440 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1259-0610
Ezequiel PiccioneDepartment of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 988440 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
Elizabeth HartmanDepartment of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 988440 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1661-642X
Rana Khalil ZabadDepartment of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 988440 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3170-7108
University of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoantibodies against nodal and paranodal proteins, specifically anti-neurofascin antibodies (ANFAs), have been recently described in central and peripheral nervous system demyelinating disorders. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of six individuals evaluated at our Multiple Sclerosis Program who tested positive for serum ANFAs on Western blot. We describe these patients' clinical and diagnostic findings and attempt to identify features that might guide clinicians in checking for ANFAs. In our series, the women-to-men ratio was 2:1. At presentation, the median age was 60 years (range 30-70). The clinical presentation was pleiotropic and included incomplete transverse myelitis

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anti-neurofascin antibodiescerebrospinal fluidcombined central and peripheral demyelinationdemyelinating diseasesmultiple sclerosisnodes of Ranvierparanodes

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PMID36138860
PMCPMC9497231
OpenAlexW4293010264

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