Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibodies in epilepsy: Diagnostic yield and therapeutic implications

Seizure

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 598-602

  Lilleker, James B ^a   Biswas, Viveka ^b   Mohanraj, Rajiv ^a,b  

^a Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Epilepsy; GAD; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; OXCARBAZEPINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREGABALIN; ZONISAMIDE; AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; BLOOD; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; IMMUNOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906306542     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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