Voltage-gated potassium channelopathy: an expanding spectrum of clinical phenotypes.
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چکیده
Autoimmune voltage-gated potassium channelopathies represent a wide and expanding spectrum of neurological conditions. We present a case demonstrating the phenotypic heterogeneity of antivoltage-gated potassium channels (VGKC)-associated disorders. Such cases may easily be dismissed as functional disorders at first presentation. We propose that there must remain a high index of suspicion for antiVGKC-associated disorders in cases where there are transient neurological disturbances in atypical spatial and temporal distributions.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ case reports
دوره 2013 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013