Voltage-gated potassium channelopathy: an expanding spectrum of clinical phenotypes.

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.

• Authors: Sam Shribman, Rickie Patani, Jacquie Deeb, Abhijit Chaudhuri
• Journal: BMJ case reports (BMJ Case Rep) Vol. 2013 (Jan 10 2013) ISSN: 1757-790X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 23314449 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated

Topics

• Adult
• Channelopathies (genetics)
• Female
• Humans
• Phenotype
• Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated (genetics)