Surgical control of limbic encephalitis associated with LGI1 antibodies

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-348

  Almeida, Vânia ^a,b   Pimentel, José ^a,b   Campos, Alexandre ^a   Bentes, Carla ^a,b   Maruta, Carolina ^b   Morgado, Carlos ^c   Pavat̃o Martins, Isabel ^b  

^a Santa Maria Hospital (CHLN EPE)   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autoimmune epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Hyperhidrosis; LGI1 antibodies; Limbic encephalitis; Pilomotor; Voltage gated potassium channel (VGKC)

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LEUCINE RICH GLIOMA INACTIVATED 1 ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; EPILEPSY; IMMUNOLOGY; MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANTIBODIES; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS;

EID: 84867428585     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0515     Document Type: Note

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