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SUBMITTER: Watari M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5899914 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of clinical and translational neurology 20180228 4
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and circulating antiganglionic acetylcholine receptor (gAChR) antibodies. We reviewed clinical assessments of Japanese patients with POTS, and determined the presence of gAChR antibodies in serum samples from those patients. Luciferase immunoprecipitation systems detected anti-gAChR <i>α</i>3 and <i>β</i>4 antibodies in the sera from POTS (29%). Antecedent infections were frequently rep ...[more]