Patent ID: 11041005

Abstract:
The present invention provides a use of a GABA(A)R, GABA(A)R fragment, or homolog thereof or a cell expressing the GABA(A)R, GABA(A)R fragment, or homolog thereof for the prognosis, diagnosis or treatment of an autoimmune disease in a subject, methods of prognosticating, diagnosing or treating an autoimmune disease, an autoantibody binding to a GABA(A)R, GABA(A)R fragment, or homolog thereof, a method for isolating an antibody binding to a GABA(A)R, GABA(A)R fragment, or homolog thereof, and a test kit, pharmaceutical composition and medical or diagnostic device comprising a GABA(A)R, GABA(A)R fragment, or homolog thereof.