Diagnostics of anti-MAG antibody polyneuropathy

Neurol Sci. 2017 Oct;38(Suppl 2):249-252. doi: 10.1007/s10072-017-3024-4.

Abstract

This document presents the guidelines for anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) antibody testing that have been developed following a consensus process built on questionnaire-based surveys, internet contacts, and discussions at workshops of sponsoring Italian Association of Neuroimmunology (AINI) congresses. The main clinical information on anti-MAG antibody polyneuropathy, indications and limits of anti-MAG antibody testing, instructions for result interpretation, and an agreed laboratory protocol (Appendix) are reported for the communicative community of neurologists and clinical pathologists.

Keywords: Laboratory diagnostics; Neurological autoimmune diseases; Peripheral nervous system.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies*
  • Humans
  • Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein / immunology*
  • Polyneuropathies / diagnosis*
  • Polyneuropathies / immunology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein