New-onset focal epilepsy with palatal tremor and glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies responding to intravenous immunoglobulin

J Neurol. 2008 Oct;255(10):1603-4. doi: 10.1007/s00415-008-0986-4. Epub 2008 Sep 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Brain / pathology
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsies, Partial / drug therapy*
  • Epilepsies, Partial / pathology
  • Epilepsies, Partial / physiopathology
  • Glutamate Decarboxylase / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Palate, Soft / drug effects
  • Palate, Soft / physiopathology*
  • Radioimmunoassay
  • Tremor / drug therapy*
  • Tremor / physiopathology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Glutamate Decarboxylase