Voltage gated potassium channel antibodies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 392-394

  Nwosu, Victoria K ^a   Royer, Julie A ^b   Stickler, David E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Office of Research and Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Voltage gated potassium channel antibodies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; DENDROTOXIN; IODINE; SNAKE VENOM;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTIBODIES; COHORT STUDIES; ELAPID VENOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE ISOTOPES; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953797284     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960903452283     Document Type: Article

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