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Distinguishing Encephalitis from Encephalopathy
Encephalitis may be defined as infection or inflammation of the brain substance, resulting typically in disturbed sensorium and perhaps seizures or focal neurological deficits and sometimes pyrexia. Encephalopathy in the other hand represents disturbed sensorium not due to an infective … Continue reading
Anti K+ Channel Antibodies in Neuromyotonia
Background At this Journal Club it was decided to review a historical paper on the pathophysiology underlying autoimmune neuromyotonia. The paper, “Autoantibodies Detected to Expressed K+ Channels Are Implicated in Neuromyotonia”, from Annals of Neurology (1997, 41:238-246), used a novel … Continue reading
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Tagged Antibody Assay, Autoimmune, Immunology, Neuromytonia
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