Anti-NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis with recurrent optic neuritis and epilepsy

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 585-588

  Motoyama, Rie ^a   Shiraishi, Kazuhiro ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^b   Kinoshita, Masako ^a   Tanaka, Masami ^a  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti aquaporin 4 antibodies; Anti NMDA receptor antibodies encephalitis; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENOLASE; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NMDA RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77956389928     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.50.585     Document Type: Article

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