Immune-mediated spastic paraparesis accompanied with high titres of voltage-gated potassium channel complex antibodies and myokymia/fasciculation

J Neurol Sci. 2016 May 15:364:133-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.03.028. Epub 2016 Mar 18.

¹ Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
² Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
³ Department of Neurology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Autoantibody; Cortical excitability; Neuromyotonia; Spastic paraparesis; Voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC) complex.

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