Antibodies against GluR3 peptides are not specific for Rasmussen's encephalitis but are also present in epilepsy patients with severe, early onset disease and intractable seizures

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 179-185

  Mantegazza, Renato ^a   Bernasconi, Pia ^a   Baggi, Fulvio ^a   Spreafico, Roberto ^a   Ragona, Francesca ^a   Antozzi, Carlo ^a   Bernardi, Gaetano ^a   Granata, Tiziana ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibodies against GluR3 peptide; Autoimmune reactivity; ELISA; Epilepsy; Rasmussen's encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBODY GLUR3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUR3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0036791046     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(02)00261-8     Document Type: Article

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