Sequential antibodies to potassium channels and glutamic acid decarboxylase in neuromyotonia.

A patient with thymoma-associated neuromyotonia and voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv1.2 and Kv1.6) antibodies by immunoprecipitation and rat brain immunolabeling was treated successfully with immunoadsorption and cyclophosphamide. Curiously, glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies, absent at onset...

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Main Authors: Antozzi, C, Frassoni, C, Vincent, A, Regondi, M, Andreetta, F, Bernasconi, P, Ciano, C, Chang, T, Cornelio, F, Spreafico, R, Mantegazza, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005