In search of lost time from "Demonic possession" to anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-142

  Sébire, Guillaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 77649292754     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21928     Document Type: Letter

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