Occurrence of antibodies | Type of antibody | Studies that showed the antibodies | Location of antigens |
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IC; immunocytochemistry; IH: immunohistochemistry; nCMAg, novel cell-membrane antigen; PFA, paraformaldehyde. | |||
Characterised antibodies, n = 19 | anti-Hu, n = 7; anti-Ma2, n = 6; atypical, n = 1 | IH (methanol–acetone) and immunoblot with neuronal proteins | Intracellular, n = 14 |
VGKC, n = 5 | IH (PFA); IC with cells expressing Kv subunits; and radioimmunoassay | Cell membrane, n = 22 | |
Partially characterised antibodies, n = 17 | nCMAg, n = 17 | IH (PFA); and IC with live neurones | |
No antibodies, n = 3 | – | – | – |