Voltage-gated potassium channel-associated limbic encephalitis in the West of Scotland: Case reports and literature review

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 27-31

  Reid, John M ^a   Foley, P ^a   Willison, H J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Limbic encephalitis; Temporal lobe; Voltage gated potassium channel

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 72449193925     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.54.4.27     Document Type: Article

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