Is there a utility in getting repeat antibody testing on GBS patients after PLEX?
Can this guide further treatment/prognosis?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
No, there is not, for a couple of reasons:
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, ...