FIGURE 2  A comparison of voltage-gated potassium channel antibody titer (red line with axis on the right) and memory (blue line; delayed verbal memory recall expressed in percentage of expected recall; vertical axis on the left) over time in weeks for second patient seen.

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A case of voltage-gated potassium channel antibody-related limbic encephalitis

Tim Harrower, Tom Foltynie, Luke Kartsounis, Rajith N De Silva and John R Hodges

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology (2006) 2, 339-343
doi:10.1038/ncpneuro0194

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Figure 2.  A comparison of voltage-gated potassium channel antibody titer (red line with axis on the right) and memory (blue line; delayed verbal memory recall expressed in percentage of expected recall; vertical axis on the left) over time in weeks for second patient seen.

Vertical arrows indicate the nine intravenous immunoglobulin treatment courses (0.4 g/kg/day for 5 days). Steroids were instituted at diagnosis starting at 60 mg/day reducing over 3 months to 40 mg/day.

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