Autoimmune limbic encephalitis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 189, 2009, Pages 63-67

  Vedeler, C A ^a,b   Storstein, A ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Autoimmune; Limbic encephalitis; Paraneoplastic; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RITUXIMAB;

AGITATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HALLUCINATION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SERUM; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 67651252973     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01204.x     Document Type: Review

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