title: A hypothetical immunemediated unifying mechanism for the Holmes-Adie syndrome.
abstract: The Holmes-Adie syndrome consists of pupillotonia, arreflexia and autonomic dysfunction. Some explanations for these different symptoms have been attempted, centred upon neuropathological and electrophysiological findings. A hypothetical immunemediated mechanism, as in the Guillain Barré syndrome, is presented in this paper for explaining the three chief symptoms of the syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Fortaleza, Brasil.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Hees
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: do Vale
mesh_terms: D000270:Adie Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans