Voltage-gated potassium channelopathy: an expanding spectrum of clinical phenotypes. (10th January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shribman, Sam; Patani, Rickie; Deeb, Jacquie; Chaudhuri, Abhijit
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2013
• Publication Date: 2013-01-10
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007742
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : Autoimmune voltage-gated potassium channelopathies represent a wide and expanding spectrum of neurological conditions. We present a case demonstrating the phenotypic heterogeneity of antivoltage-gated potassium channels (VGKC)-associated disorders. Such cases may easily be dismissed as functional disorders at first presentation. We propose that there must remain a high index of suspicion for antiVGKC-associated disorders in cases where there are transient neurological disturbances in atypical spatial and temporal distributions.