Pitfalls in diagnosing limbic encephalitis - A case report

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 339-342

  Kerling, F ^a,b   Blumcke I ^a   Stefan, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Late onset; Limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BLEOMYCIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETIRACETAM; ETOPOSIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BORRELIA; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTROPISM; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TESTIS CARCINOMA; VIRUS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53549120621     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01020.x     Document Type: Note

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