Voltage gated potassium channel antibody test

[boxer22]

Can anybody tell me what this test is and why it is performed? I cant seem to find anything about it online! What does it look for? Thanks !

 

[Erica]

One of the tests for MG.
Below is a list of Clinical References that explains the use of this test. Cookie

1. Lennon VA: Serological profile of myasthenia gravis and

distinction from the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.

Neurology 1997;48(Suppl 5):S23-S27

2. Harper CM, Lennon VA: Lambert-Eaton syndrome.

In Current Clinical Neurology: Myasthenia Gravis and Related

Disorders. Edited by HJ Kaminski. Totowa, NJ, Humana Press,

2002, pp 269-291

3. Hoch W, McConville J, Helms S, et al: Auto-antibodies to the

receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK in patients with myasthenia gravis

without acetylcholine receptor antibodies. Nat Med 2001 Mar;

7(3):365-368

4. Chan K-H, Lachance DH, Harper CM, Lennon VA: Frequency of

seronegativity in adult-acquired generalized myasthenia gravis.

Muscle Nerve 2007;36:651-658

5. Skjei KL, Lennon VA, Kuntz NL: Muscle specific kinase antibody-

associated myasthenia gravis in children; clinical, serologic,

electrophysiologic and pathologic characteristics and

response to treatment. Annual Neurol 62(S11):S145-S146

 

[awieleba]

Boxer

are you having this done or wanting it done?

 

[boxer22]

hi awieleba, My doctor ordered me to have the blood work done but i had no idea what that test was and he did not explain. They draw the blood for it and my doctor called me back about a week later saying that they lost the test and needed to re take it. So when i looked up what the test online was i did not understand any of it. Have you guys taken it. I still dont really know what its for.

Ashley









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