Successful treatment of emotional disturbances following non-herpetic limbic encephalitis by serotonergic agents. A case report

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 805-808

  Narikawa, Koichi ^a   Hasegawa, Takafumi ^a   Takeda, Atsushi ^a   Shiga, Yuusei ^a   Itoyama, Yasuto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotional disturbances; Kl ver Bucy syndrome; Limbic encephalitis; Serotonin; SSRI

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUVOXAMINE; SEROTONIN AGONIST; TANDOSPIRONE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KLUVER BUCY SYNDROME; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; PIPERAZINES; PYRIMIDINES; SEROTONIN AGONISTS;

EID: 0035525756     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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