Increased Prevalence of Familial Autoimmune Disease in Children With Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome
The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of autoimmune disease in first-degree relatives of pediatric patients with paraneoplastic and nonparaneoplastic OMS.
Methods
A single-center cohort study of consecutively evaluated children with OMS was performed. Parents of patients were prospectively administered surveys on familial autoimmune disease. Rates of autoimmune disease in first-degree relatives of pediatric patients with OMS were compared using Fisher exact t test and 2 analysis: (1) between those with and without a paraneoplastic cause and (2) between healthy and disease (pediatric multiple sclerosis [MS]) controls from the United States Pediatric MS Network.
Results
Thirty-five patients (18 paraneoplastic, median age at onset 19.0 months; 17 idiopathic, median age at onset 25.0 months) and 68 first-degree relatives (median age 41.9 years) were enrolled. One patient developed systemic lupus erythematosus 7 years after OMS onset. Paraneoplastic OMS was associated with a 50% rate of autoimmune disease in a first-degree relative compared with 29% in idiopathic OMS (p = 0.31). The rate of first-degree relative autoimmune disease per OMS case (14/35, 40%) was higher than healthy controls (86/709, 12%; p < 0.001) and children with pediatric MS (101/495, 20%; p = 0.007).
Discussion
In a cohort of pediatric patients with OMS, there were elevated rates of first-degree relative autoimmune disease, with no difference in rates observed between paraneoplasti...
Source: Neurology Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation - Category: Neurology Authors: Santoro, J. D., Kerr, L. M., Codden, R., Casper, T. C., Greenberg, B. M., Waubant, E., Kong, S. W., Mandl, K. D., Gorman, M. P. Tags: All Immunology, Autoimmune diseases, All Neuro-ophthalmology, Paraneoplastic syndrome Article Source Type: research
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