A case study of voltage-gated potassium channel antibody-related limbic encephalitis with PET/MRI findings

A case study of voltage-gated potassium channel antibody-related limbic encephalitis with PET/MRI findings

Preclinical and clinical studies have demonstrated the significance of inflammation and autoantibodies in epilepsy, and the use of immunotherapies in certain situations has become an established practice. Temporal lobe epilepsy can follow paraneoplastic or nonparaneoplastic limbic encephalitis assoc...

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Main Authors: Brian K. Day, Lawrence Eisenman, Joseph Black, Luigi Maccotta, R. Edward Hogan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports
Subjects:
Voltage-gated potassium channel
Limbic encephalitis
Autoimmune epilepsy
Positron emission tomography
Magnetic resonance imaging
PET/MRI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323215000055

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