Potassium Channel KIR4.1-Specific Antibodies and Acquired Demyelinating Disease
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Potassium channel KIR4.1-specific antibodies in children with acquired demyelinating CNS disease.
OBJECTIVE A serum antibody against the inward rectifying potassium channel KIR4.1 (KIR4.1-IgG) was recently discovered, which is found in almost half of adult patients with multiple sclerosis. We investigated the prevalence of KIR4.1-IgG in children with acquired demyelinating disease (ADD) of the CNS. We also compared antibody responses to KIR4.1 and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoproteins (MOGs)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-4-7