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MRI Findings in Autoimmune Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Complex Encephalitis with Seizures: One Potential Etiology for Mesial Temporal Sclerosis

A.L. Kotsenas, R.E. Watson, S.J. Pittock, J.W. Britton, S.L. Hoye, A.M.L. Quek, C. Shin and C.J. Klein
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2014, 35 (1) 84-89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3633
A.L. Kotsenas
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (A.L.K., R.E.W., S.L.H.)
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R.E. Watson
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (A.L.K., R.E.W., S.L.H.)
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S.J. Pittock
bNeurology (S.J.P., J.W.B., A.M.L.Q., C.S., C.J.K.)
cLaboratory Medicine and Pathology (S.J.P., C.J.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota
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J.W. Britton
bNeurology (S.J.P., J.W.B., A.M.L.Q., C.S., C.J.K.)
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S.L. Hoye
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A.M.L. Quek
bNeurology (S.J.P., J.W.B., A.M.L.Q., C.S., C.J.K.)
dDepartment of Medicine (A.M.L.Q.), National University Health System, Singapore.
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C. Shin
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C.J. Klein
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A.L. Kotsenas, R.E. Watson, S.J. Pittock, J.W. Britton, S.L. Hoye, A.M.L. Quek, C. Shin, C.J. Klein
MRI Findings in Autoimmune Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Complex Encephalitis with Seizures: One Potential Etiology for Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2014, 35 (1) 84-89; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3633

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jan 2014, 35 (1) 84-89; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3633
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