PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - N Cimolai
AU  - D Mah
AU  - E Roland
TI  - Anticentriolar autoantibodies in children with central nervous system manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.57.5.638
DP  - 1994 May 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 638--639
VI  - 57
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/57/5/638.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/57/5/638.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1994 May 01; 57
AB  - Serum samples from 49 children with acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection were screened for the presence of antibodies to mitotic spindle apparatus. None of these serum samples showed such antibodies at a screening dilution of 1:40, though anticentriolar antibodies at titres of 1:320 were observed in two children with acute cerebellar dysfunction. Anticentriolar antibodies may play a part in the pathogenesis of CNS disease associated with M pneumoniae infection.