title: Immune-mediated spastic paraparesis accompanied with high titres of voltage-gated potassium channel complex antibodies and myokymia/fasciculation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Ban-Yu
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Taira
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Electronic address: kira@neuro.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D004576:Electromyography; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology; D005207:Fasciculation / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020385:Myokymia / Q000209:etiology*; D020336:Paraparesis, Spastic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D008775:Methylprednisolone
keywords: Autoantibody; Cortical excitability; Neuromyotonia; Spastic paraparesis; Voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC) complex