Antibodies to potassium channels of PC12 in serum of Isaacs' syndrome: Western blot and immunohistochemical studies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-305

  Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Osamu ^a   Kitajima, Isao ^a   Suehara, Masahito ^a   Minato, Seiichi ^b   Sonoda, Yoshito ^a   Higuchi, Itsuro ^a   Takenaga, Satoshi ^a   Maruyama, Ikuro ^a   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL MIYAZAKI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; intramuscular nerve; Isaacs' syndrome; PC12; voltage dependent potassium channels

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOKYMIA; MYOTONIA; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FASCICULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLES; NERVE TISSUE; PC12 CELLS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031027817     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199703)20:3<299::AID-MUS6>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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