Persistent anterograde amnesia following limbic encephalitis associated with antibodies to the voltage-gated potassium channel complex

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 387-391

  Butler, Christopher R ^a   Miller, Thomas D ^a   Kaur, Manveer S ^a   Baker, Ian W ^a   Boothroyd, Georgie D ^a   Illman, Nathan A ^b   Rosenthal, Clive R ^a   Vincent, Angela ^a   Buckley, Camilla J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL COMPLEX ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNESIA; COGNITION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED;

EID: 84895785086     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-306724     Document Type: Article

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