Encephalitis due to antibodies against the NMDA receptor. A case report of a female patient with no associated tumour and a literature review;Encefalitis por anticuerpos contra el receptor NMDA. Descripción de una paciente sin tumor asociado y revisión de la bibliografía

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 661-666

  Herrero Velázquez, Sonia ^a   Guerrero Peral, Ángel Luis ^a   Gámez Leyva, Gonzalo ^b   Fernández Buey, M Nieves ^a   Conde, Ana ^b   Rodríguez, Margarita ^a   Rojo Martínez, Esther ^a   Pascual, Julio ^c   Fernández Herranz, M Rosario ^a   Dalmau Obrador, Josep ^d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Neurología   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti NMDA antibodies; Antigens of the hippocampal neuropil; Encephalitis associated to NMDA antibodies; Immunodiagnosis; Neuronal membrane antigens; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77953253654     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.5011.2010057     Document Type: Article

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