Isaacs syndrome: A slow potassium channelopathy caused by autoantibodies?

Tomoko Nakazato; Yukiko Tsuji; Kazuaki Kanai; Yu-Ichi Noto; Yasunobu Hoshino; Kazuo Yamashiro; Kazumasa Yokoyama; Kenya Nishioka; Yasushi Shimo; Osamu Watanabe; Toshiki Mizuno; Nobutaka Hattori

doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2018.01.069

Isaacs syndrome: A slow potassium channelopathy caused by autoantibodies?

Clin Neurophysiol. 2018 May;129(5):956-958. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.01.069. Epub 2018 Feb 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: tnakaza@juntendo.ac.jp.
² Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: y-tsuji@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.
³ Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: kzkanai@juntendo.ac.jp.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: y-noto@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: yshoshi@juntendo.ac.jp.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: kazuo-y@juntendo.ac.jp.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: kazumasa@juntendo.ac.jp.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: kenya.nishioka@gmail.com.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: yshimo@juntendo.ac.jp.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan. Electronic address: mw90@m3.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp.
¹¹ Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: mizuno@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.
¹² Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan. Electronic address: nhattori@juntendo.ac.jp.

PMID: 29554577
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2018.01.069

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Autoantibodies / immunology*
Channelopathies / immunology*
Female
Humans
Isaacs Syndrome / immunology*
Middle Aged
Potassium Channels / immunology*

Substances

Autoantibodies
Potassium Channels