A spectrum of neurological diseases with anti-VGKC antibody

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 845-847

  Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Osamu ^a   Nagado, Tatsui ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody; Immunotherapy; Limbic encephalitis; Voltage gated potassium channel

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED;

EID: 38549095225     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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