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[Case of anti VGKC-complex antibody associated disorder presenting with severe pain and fasciculations predominant in unilateral upper extremity]
- Source :
- Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology. 52(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- A 21-year-old man complained of severe pain and muscle twitching localized in his right arm. Neurological examination showed muscle fasciculations in his right forearm but no myokymia or myotonia. Needle electromyography revealed fibrillation potentials in his biceps brachii muscle and extensor carpi radialis muscle at rest but no myokymic discharges. His serum anti-voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC)-complex antibody level was significantly high (194.2pM; controls
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pain
Neurological examination
Fasciculation
Methylprednisolone
Severity of Illness Index
Upper Extremity
Young Adult
Medicine
Severe pain
Humans
Autoantibodies
medicine.diagnostic_test
biology
business.industry
Electromyography
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Myotonia
medicine.disease
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
Pulse Therapy, Drug
Steroid pulse
biology.protein
Neurology (clinical)
Myokymia
medicine.symptom
Antibody
business
Biomarkers
Muscle cramp
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18820654
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c2f46c6a140d1f84377e0350c2b8a40c