Stiff, twitchy or wobbly - Are GAD antibodies pathogenic?

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2536-2537

  Vincent, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MYASTHENIA; NOTE; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEURONS; STIFF-PERSON SYNDROME;

EID: 54949090452     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn221     Document Type: Note

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