Encephalitis lethargica syndrome: 20 New cases and evidence of basal ganglia autoimmunity

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-33

  Dale, Russell C ^a,b,e   Church, Andrew J ^b   Surtees, Robert A H ^a   Lees, Andrew J ^c   Adcock, Jane E ^d   Harding, Brian ^a   Neville, Brian G R ^a   Giovannoni, Gavin ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune encephalitis; Parkinsonism; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; BASAL GANGLIA ANTIGEN; NEURAL AUTOANTIGEN; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSKINESIA; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLIA; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INSOMNIA; LETHARGY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PHARYNGITIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL; POSTINFECTIOUS AUTOIMMUNE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; STAINING; STEROID THERAPY; STRIATAL ENCEPHALITIS; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNDROME DELINEATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0347815188     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh008     Document Type: Article

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