Glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies in idiopathic generalized epilepsy and type 1 diabetes [6]

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-128

  Striano, Pasquale ^a,b   Perruolo, Giuseppe ^a   Errichiello, Luca ^a   Formisano, Pietro ^a   Beguinot, Francesco ^a   Zara, Federico ^b   Striano, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39049086336     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21011     Document Type: Letter

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