Anti Car Antibody

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Etiology 3 Pathology 4 More General Terms 5 Additional Terms 6 References

Introduction

• Neuronal antigen:
• recoverin

Etiology

• cancer-associated retinopathy syndrome

Pathology

• photoreceptor degeneration
• associated malignancy

• small cell lung carcinoma
• others

More General Terms

• paraneoplastic autoantibody
• serology

Additional Terms

• recoverin; cancer-associated retinopathy protein; protein CAR; visinin; frequinin; S-modulin (RCVRN, RCV1)

References

Stuve O & Zamvil SS. In: Medical Immunology 10th edition  (2001), Section 3, Clinical Immunology. 38. Neurologic diseases.

anti-Car (recoverin) antibody