Anti-NMDA receptor antibodies encephalitis

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 911-913

  Splinter, William M ^a   Eipe, Naveen ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CLONAZEPAM; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PROPOFOL; QUETIAPINE; SEVOFLURANE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 68849108012     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03085.x     Document Type: Letter

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