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Is there a utility in getting repeat antibody testing on GBS patients after PLEX?

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Neurology · University of Minnesota

No, there is not, for a couple of reasons:

  1. Most patients with the most common variant of GBS (AIDP) are negative for ganglioside antibodies or other antibodies against nodal/paranodal proteins. Ganglioside antibodies are more often positive in GBS variants like AMAN, AMSAN, Miller Fisher syndrome, s...

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