Immune-mediated encephalitis and virilization in association with a mature cystic ovarian teratoma in an adolescent girl

Hormone Research

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 252-256

  Poduval, A ^a   Antal, Z ^a   Lee, T ^a   Bar, A ^a   Dalmau, J ^b   Muzumdar, R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent girl; Immune mediated encephalitis; Teratoma; Virilization

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIBODY; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENYTOIN; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ENCEPHALITIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE MEDIATED ENCEPHALITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVARY TERATOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEIZURE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TERATOMA; VIRILISM;

EID: 70349750315     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000236087     Document Type: Article

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