Course and outcome of acute limbic encephalitis with negative voltage-gated potassium channel antibodies

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-394

  Samarasekera, S R ^b   Vincent, A ^c   Welch, J L ^d   Jackson, M ^d   Nichols, P ^b   Griffiths, T D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ANTIBODY; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; IMMUNOLOGY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947721392     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.093096     Document Type: Article

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