CNS autoimmunity: New findings and pending issues

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-19

  Graus, Francesc ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CONTRACTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 2; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LEUCINE RICH GLIOMA INACTIVATED 1 ANTIBODY; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HYPONATREMIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOTE; OVARY TERATOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS;

EID: 83455166288     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70280-0     Document Type: Note

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