Autoimmune neuromyotonia (Isaacs' syndrome): An antibody-mediated potassium channelopathy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 835, Issue , 1997, Pages 111-119

  Newsom Davis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; METHOTREXATE; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PREDNISOLONE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYOKYMIA; MYOTONIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031578937     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48622.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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