Nationwide survey of acute juvenile female non-herpetic encephalitis in Japan: Relationship to anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 673-679

  Kamei, Satoshi ^a   Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^b   Ishihara, Masaki ^a   Morita, Akihiko ^a   Taira, Naoto ^a   Togo, Masaki ^a   Matsui, Makoto ^c   Ogawa, Masafumi ^b   Hisanaga, Kinya ^d   Mizutani, Tomohiko ^a   Kuno, Sadako ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute juvenile female non herpetic encephalitis (AJFNHE); Anti N methyl D aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis; Clinical features; Incidence

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ACUTE JUVENILE FEMALE NON HERPETIC ENCEPHALITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY TERATOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650084329     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1898     Document Type: Article

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