A case of acute cerebellitis accompanied by autoantibodies against glutamate receptor δ2

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 224-226

  Shimokaze, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Kato, Mitsuhiro ^b   Yoshimura, Yozo ^a   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^c   Hayasaka, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a Yamagata Prefectural Shinjo Hospital   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti glutamate receptor antibody; Cerebellitis; Obstructive hydrocephalus; Steroid

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR DELTA2 ANTAGONIST; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CEREBELLITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSMETRIA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 33847173732     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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