A Case of Morvan's Syndrome Associated with Heavy Metal Poisoning after Ayurvedic Drug Intake

Morvan's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder of peripheral and central nervous system mediated by VGKC antibody. Here we report a case of Morvans syndrome who presented 1 month after ayurvedic drug intake. She presented with symptoms of peripheral nerve hyperexcitablity and autoimmune testing re...

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Autores principales: Mohanakkannan, S, Perumal, Sowmini R., Velayudham, Sakthi, Jeyaraj, K. Malcolm, Arunan, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30069108
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_555_17
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author Mohanakkannan, S
Perumal, Sowmini R.
Velayudham, Sakthi
Jeyaraj, K. Malcolm
Arunan, S.
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description Morvan's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder of peripheral and central nervous system mediated by VGKC antibody. Here we report a case of Morvans syndrome who presented 1 month after ayurvedic drug intake. She presented with symptoms of peripheral nerve hyperexcitablity and autoimmune testing revealed positive result for VGKC antibody. Heavy metals level was also significantly raised. She improved after a course of steroids. This case report tries to highlight the association of VGKC mediated Morvans syndrome with heavy metal poisoning and its incidental occurence after Ayurvedic drug intake.
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spelling pubmed-60507832018-08-01 A Case of Morvan's Syndrome Associated with Heavy Metal Poisoning after Ayurvedic Drug Intake Mohanakkannan, S Perumal, Sowmini R. Velayudham, Sakthi Jeyaraj, K. Malcolm Arunan, S. J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Morvan's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder of peripheral and central nervous system mediated by VGKC antibody. Here we report a case of Morvans syndrome who presented 1 month after ayurvedic drug intake. She presented with symptoms of peripheral nerve hyperexcitablity and autoimmune testing revealed positive result for VGKC antibody. Heavy metals level was also significantly raised. She improved after a course of steroids. This case report tries to highlight the association of VGKC mediated Morvans syndrome with heavy metal poisoning and its incidental occurence after Ayurvedic drug intake. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6050783/ /pubmed/30069108 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_555_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Arunan, S.
A Case of Morvan's Syndrome Associated with Heavy Metal Poisoning after Ayurvedic Drug Intake
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title_sort case of morvan's syndrome associated with heavy metal poisoning after ayurvedic drug intake
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30069108
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_555_17
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