Autoantibodies to glutamate receptor GluRε2 in a patient with limbic encephalitis associated with relapsing polychondritis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 275-277

  Kashihara, Kenichi ^a   Kawada, Sanami ^a   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^b  

^a OKAYAMA KYOKUTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti glutamate receptor antibody; Dementia; GluR 2; Limbic encephalitis; NR2B; Relapsing polychondritis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYGDALA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATROPHY; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CARTILAGE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHENYTOIN; POLYCHONDRITIS, RELAPSING; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEIZURES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350620274     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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