Voltage-gated potassium channel antibodies in limbic encephalitis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 530-533

  Pozo Rosich, Patricia ^a,b   Clover, Linda ^a   Saiz, Albert ^b   Vincent, Angela ^a   Graus, Francesc ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CELL ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HU ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MA2 ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141870049     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10713     Document Type: Article

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