[A spectrum of neurological diseases with anti-VGKC antibody]

Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2007 Nov;47(11):845-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Anti-VGKC antibody causing peripheral nerve hyperexcitability is already an established clinical entity. Recently, many patients with non-herpetic limbic encephalitis (NHLE) with anti-VGKC antibody have been reported. The characteristic clinical features are low serum Na+ concentration and good response to immunotherapy. Anti-VGK antibody positive NHLE is relatively frequent among immune-mediated NHLE. It is important to know that this disease is responsive to immunotherapy. Furthermore, anti-VGKC antibody is also positive in some intractable epilepsies. These findings suggest that anti-VGKC is correlated with hyperexcitability in both the peripheral and central nervous system and that the spectrum of anti-VGKC antibody syndrome is now expanding.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies / analysis*
  • Epilepsy / immunology
  • Humans
  • Limbic Encephalitis / immunology
  • Nervous System Diseases / immunology*
  • Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / immunology*

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated