Wasp sting induced autoimmune neuromyotonia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 704-705

  Turner, M R ^a   Madkhana, A ^a   Ebers, G C ^a   Clover, L ^b   Vincent, A ^b   McGavin, G ^c   Sarrigiannis, P ^a   Kennett, R ^a   Warrell, D A ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DIGOXIN; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MEXILETINE; SOTALOL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; WASP VENOM; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECT STING; INSOMNIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOKYMIA; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SWEATING; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; WASP;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BITES AND STINGS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISAACS SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; WASPS;

EID: 33646950789     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.075283     Document Type: Article

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