Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Astrocytopathy: A Review of the Literature

Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy is an autoimmune disease of the nervous system first defined in 2016. GFAP autoantibody, especially IgG that binds to GFAPα, has been reported in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of patients with GFAP astrocytopathy. The positiv...

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Main Authors: Fulan Shan, Youming Long, Wei Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02802/full