Anti-Peripheral Nerve Myelin Antibodies and Terminal Activation Products of Complement in Serum of Patients With Acute Brachial Plexus Neuropathy

Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg) with Methylprednisolone Pulse Therapy for Motor Impairment of Neuralgic Amyotrophy: Clinical Observations in 10 Cases

“…Some studies have reported serum anti-ganglioside antibodies in NA patients, however it is still unclear whether these are actually involved in the pathogenesis of NA (3,21). In particular, the anti-GalNAc-GD1a antibody was reported as a candidate biological marker for predicting response to immune therapy (14).…”

Treatment of idiopathic lumbosacral plexopathy with intravenous immunoglobulin

“…Idiopathic LSP may be the lower extremity counterpart to idiopathic brachial neuritis. 5,10,15 Patients with idiopathic brachial neuritis may show complement-fixing antimyelin antibodies 17 and mononuclear inflammatory cell infiltrates of the affected plexus.…”

Neuralgic Amyotrophy: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome

“…Suarez and colleagues showed the presence of mononuclear inflammatory infiltrates in brachial plexus biopsy specimens of patients with neuralgic amyotrophy 4 ; another study showed an increase in complement-fixing antibodies to peripheral nerve myelin in the acute phase of the condition in 3 patients. 5 A number of antecedent events that may serve as triggers for an immune-mediated etiology of neuralgic amyotrophy have been reported. These include viral infections, immunizations, and strenuous exercise, as well as the perioperative and peripartum periods.…”