Successful immune treatment for non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 85-88

  Mori, Masahiro ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^a   Yoshiyama, Mitsuharu ^a   Kanesaka, Toshihide ^a   Ogata, Tsuyoshi ^b   Hattori, Takamichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Limbic encephalitis; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 0037105987     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00188-0     Document Type: Article

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