Suspected Limbic Encephalitis and Seizure in Cats Associated with Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel (VGKC) Complex Antibody

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-214

  Pakozdy, A ^a   Halasz, P ^b   Klang, A ^a   Bauer, J ^c   Leschnik, M ^a   Tichy, A ^a   Thalhammer, J G ^a   Lang, B ^d   Vincent, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune limbic epilepsy; Feline

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOLOGY; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 84872375967     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvim.12026     Document Type: Article

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