Isaacs' syndrome, Stiff person syndrome and Satoyoshi disease: Pathomechanisms and treatment

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 805-807

  Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Hyperexcitability; Isaacs syndrome; Satoyoshi disease; Stiff person syndrome

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPHIPHYSIN; AUTOANTIBODY; CARBAMAZEPINE; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; GEPHYRIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB')2 FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHENYTOIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYOKYMIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; SATOYOSHI DISEASE; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

HUMANS; ISAACS SYNDROME; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 10944233707     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. Arimura K, Sonoda Y, Watanabe O, et al: Isaacs' syndrome as a potassium channelopathy of the nerve. Muscle Nerve 2002; Suppl 11: S55-58
2. Nagado T, Arimura K, Sonoda Y, et al: Potassium current suppression in patients with peripheral nerve hyper-excitability. Brain 1999; 116: 453-469
3. Sonoda Y, Arimura K, Kurono A, et al: Serum of Isaacs' syndrome suppresses potassium channels in PC-12 cell lines. Muscle Nerve 1996; 19: 1439-1446
4. Hart IK, Maddison P, Newsom-Davis J, et al: Phenotypic variants of autoimmune peripheral nerve hyperexcitability. Brain 2002; 125: 1887-1895
5. Vincent A, Buckley C, Schott JM, et al: Potassium channel antibody-associated encephalopathy: a potentially immunotherapy-responsive form of limbic encephalitis. Brain 2004; 127: 701-712
6. Meinck HM, Thompson PD: Stiff man syndrome and related conditions. Mov Disord 2002; 17: 853-866
7. Dalakas MC, Li M, Fujii M, et al: Stiff person syndrome: quantification, specificity, and intrathecal synthesis of GAD65 antibodies. Neurology 2001; 57: 780-784
8. Vianello M, Tavolato B, Giometto B: Glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies and neurological disorders. Neurol Sci 2002; 23: 145-151
9. Neuroimmunology 2001; 9: 102-103