Immunotherapy-responsive chorea as the presenting feature of LGI1-antibody encephalitis

Neurology. 2012 Jul 10;79(2):195-6. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825f0522. Epub 2012 Jun 27.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Binding Sites, Antibody / immunology
  • Chorea / immunology*
  • Chorea / metabolism
  • Chorea / therapy*
  • Encephalitis / complications
  • Encephalitis / immunology*
  • Encephalitis / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy / methods
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiprotein Complexes / immunology
  • Multiprotein Complexes / metabolism
  • Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / metabolism
  • Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • LGI1 protein, human
  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
  • Proteins