anti-Ma antibody

Etiology

• cerebellar degeneration
• brainstem dysfunction
• encephalomyelitis
• multiple associated malignancies

Pathology

Neuronal antigen:

• neuronal nuclei & cytoplasm
  • Ma1
  • Ma2
  • p40

More general terms

• paraneoplastic autoantibody

Additional terms

• paraneoplastic antigen Ma1; neuron- & testis-specific protein 1; 37 kD neuronal protein (PNMA1, MA1)
• paraneoplastic antigen Ma2; onconeuronal antigen Ma2; paraneoplastic neuronal antigen MM2; 40 kD neuronal protein (PNMA2, KIAA0883, MA2)