title: [VGKC antibodies associated with limbic encephalitis].
abstract: Since the initial description of limbic encephalitis (LE) in 1960/1968, several subforms of this clinico-neuropathological syndrome have been identified. The best known is paraneoplastic LE. However, non-paraneoplastic forms have been reported, too. Very recently, autoantibodies against voltage-gated potassium channels have been described in association with LE. The diagnostic workup of such a case and the apparently typical good response to long-term immunotherapy of this LE subform are described.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Epileptologie, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Soeder
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urbach
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Elger
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Bien
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beyenburg
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D020363:Limbic Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated