Encephalitis with refractory seizures, status epilepticus, and antibodies to the GABAA receptor: A case series, characterisation of the antigen, and analysis of the effects of antibodies

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 276-286

  Petit Pedrol, Mar ^a,l   Armangue, Thaís ^a,b,l   Peng, Xiaoyu ^c   Bataller, Luis ^d   Cellucci, Tania ^e   Davis, Rebecca ^f   McCracken, Lindsey ^f   Martinez Hernandez, Eugenia ^a   Mason, Warren P ^g   Kruer, Michael C ^h   Ritacco, David G ⁱ   Grisold, Wolfgang ^j   Meaney, Brandon F ^e   Alcalá, Carmen ^d   Sillevis Smitt, Peter ^k   Titulaer, Maarten J ^k   Balice Gordon, Rita ^c   Graus, Francesc ^a,l   Dalmau, Josep ^a,f,l,m  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h Sanford Children's Health Research Center   (United States)

ⁱ Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago   (United States)

^j LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^k ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPIL; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894261654     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70299-0     Document Type: Article

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