Bickerstaff's encephalitis and Miller Fisher syndrome associated with voltage-gated potassium channel and novel anti-neuronal antibodies

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1304-1307

  Tuzun E ^a   Kurtuncu M ^a   Lang, B ^b   Oz S ^a   Akman Demir, G ^a   Eraksoy, M ^a   Vincent, A ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antibody; autoimmunity; Bickerstaff's encephalitis; Miller Fisher syndrome; voltage gated potassium channel

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEURONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BICKERSTAFF ENCEPHALITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILLER FISHER SYNDROME; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956645006     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.02993.x     Document Type: Article

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