Phenotypic variants of autoimmune peripheral nerve hyperexcitability

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1887-1895

  Hart, Ian K ^a   Maddison, Paul ^b,d   Newsom Davis, John ^b   Vincent, Angela ^b   Mills, Kerry R ^c  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cramp Fasciculation Syndrome; Myokymia; Neuromyotonia; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability; Potassium channelopathy

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHANNEL GATING; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOKYMIA; ONSET AGE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; THYMOMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036348608     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf178     Document Type: Article

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