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Faciobrachial dystonic seizures: the influence of immunotherapy on seizure control and prevention of cognitive impairment in a broadening phenotype.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Oct 2013
Irani Sarosh R, Stagg Charlotte J, Schott Jonathan M, Rosenthal Clive R, Schneider Susanne A, Pettingill Philippa, Pettingill Rosemary, Waters Patrick, Thomas Adam, Voets Natalie L, Cardoso Manuel J, Cash David M, Manning Emily N, Lang Bethan, Smith Shelagh J M, Vincent Angela, Johnson Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Voltage-gated potassium channel complex antibodies, particularly those directed against leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1, are associated with a common form of limbic encephalitis that presents with cognitive impairment and seizures. Faciobrachial dystonic seizures have recently been reported as immunotherapy-responsive, brief, frequent events that often predate the cognitive impairment associated with this...
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