Autoantibodies in the CNS: Encephalopathy and potassium channelopathy

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1040-1041

  Beeson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 1842580682     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.62.7.1040     Document Type: Editorial

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