VGKC complex antibodies in epilepsy: Diagnostic yield and therapeutic implications

Seizure

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 776-779

  Lilleker, James B ^a   Jones, Matthew S ^a   Mohanraj, Rajiv ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune epilepsy VGKC; Immunotherapy; Potassium channel antibody

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL COMPLEX ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

AUTOIMMUNE EPILEPSY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY; VGKC;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885665262     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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