anti-Car (recoverin) antibody

Etiology

• cancer-associated retinopathy syndrome
  • small cell lung carcinoma
  • others

Pathology

• neuronal antigen: recoverin
• photoreceptor degeneration

Laboratory

• recoverin IgG Ab in serum/plasma
• cancer-associated retinopathy Ab in serum

More general terms

• paraneoplastic autoantibody

Additional terms

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