Morvan's syndrome: Peripheral and central nervous system and cardiac involvement with antibodies to voltage-gated potassium channels

Brain

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2417-2426

  Liguori, Rocco ^a   Vincent, A ^b   Clover, L ^b   Avoni, P ^a   Plazzi, G ^a   Cortelli, P ^a   Baruzzi, A ^a   Carey, T ^c   Gambetti, P ^c   Lugaresi, E ^a   Montagna, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti VGKC antibodies; Fatal familial insomnia; Morvan's syndrome; Neuromyotonia; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; NEUROHORMONE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROLACTIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSAUTONOMIA; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORVAN SYNDROME; MYOKYMIA; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0035211405     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/124.12.2417     Document Type: Article

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