An effective immunotherapy regimen for VGKC antibody-positive limbic encephalitis

BackgroundVoltage-gated potassium channel antibody-positive limbic encephalitis (VGKC+LE) frequently improves with immunotherapy, although the optimum regimen is unknown. The effectiveness of a combination immunomodulatory regimen was tested in consecutive VGKC+LE patients.MethodsThis was an open-la...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 2010-10, Vol.81 (10), p.1167-1169
Hauptverfasser:	Wong, S H, Saunders, M D, Larner, A J, Das, K, Hart, I K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACE ACE-R Addenbrookes Cognitive Examination Addenbrookes Cognitive Examination-Revised Aged Anti-Inflammatory Agents - administration & dosage Biological and medical sciences Cognition Disorders - complications Cognition Disorders - drug therapy Cognitive ability Drug Therapy, Combination Female Human viral diseases Humans Immunoglobulins Immunoglobulins - administration & dosage Immunologic Factors - administration & dosage Immunology Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use Immunotherapy Infectious diseases intravenous immunoglobulins IVIg limbic encephalitis Limbic Encephalitis - complications Limbic Encephalitis - drug therapy Limbic Encephalitis - immunology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Memory Methylprednisolone - administration & dosage Middle Aged Mycophenolic Acid - analogs & derivatives Mycophenolic Acid - therapeutic use Neurology Patients PEX Plasma plasma exchange Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated - immunology Prednisolone - therapeutic use Serotyping Staphylococcus infections Steroids VGKC+LE Viral diseases Viral diseases of the nervous system Voltage-gated potassium channel antibody voltage-gated potassium channel antibody-positive limbic encephalitis
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