Unusual amnesia in a patient with VGKC-Ab limbic encephalitis: A case study

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 451-459

  Kartsounis, Luke D ^a   de Silva, Rajith ^a  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confabulations; Immuno suppression; Memory variability; VGKC Ab

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY;

AGED; AMNESIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONFABULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PHENOMENOLOGY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AMNESIA; AUTOANTIBODIES; CONFUSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED;

EID: 79851515614     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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