MRI findings in autoimmune voltage-gated potassium channel complex encephalitis with seizures: One potential etiology for mesial temporal sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-89

  Kotsenas, Amy L ^a   Watson, R E ^a   Pittock, S J ^a   Britton, J W ^a   Hoye, S L ^a   Quek, A M L ^a,b   Shin, C ^a   Klein, C J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL COMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892730430     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3633     Document Type: Article

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