Antibodies directed to voltage-gated potassium channels in sera from acquired neuromyotonia and related disorders

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1235-1236

  Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired neuromyotonia; Autoantibody; Channel kinetics; Isaacs syndrome; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOKYMIA; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; ISAACS SYNDROME; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0033501971     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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