title: Dysautonomic polyneuropathy as a variant of chronic inflammatory "demyelinating" polyneuropathy?
abstract: This report describes the clinical course over almost one decade of a male patient presenting with immune-mediated pure autonomic neuropathy resembling a distinct variant of chronic dysimmune polyneuropathies. We suppose autoantibodies directed against epitopes on autonomic axons or neurons causative for the symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Heinrich
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
authors.forename: Malte Erich
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kornhuber
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weis
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany. andreas.posa@medizin.uni-halle.de.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Posa
mesh_terms: D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D020278:Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018667:Tilt-Table Test
keywords: Autonomic disorder; Chronic dysimmune polyneuropathy; Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP); Heart rate variability (HRV); Sympathetic skin response (SSR)