Autoimmune encephalitis with anti-glutamate receptor antibody presenting as epilepsia partialis continua and action myoclonus: A case report

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 429-433

  Kato, Yuji ^a   Nakazato, Yoshihiko ^a   Tamura, Naotoshi ^a   Tomioka, Ryo ^a   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^b   Shimazu, Kunio ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Action myoclonus; Anti glutamate receptor antibodies; Autoimmune encephalitis; Epilepsia partialis continua; Tandospirone

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B ANTIBODY; PRIMIDONE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; STEROID; TANDOSPIRONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYOCLONUS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MYOCLONUS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 34547946587     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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