Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis with atypical brain changes on MRI

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 274-278

  Chan, Sophelia H S ^a   Wong, Virginia C N ^a   Fung, Cheuk Wing ^a   Dale, Russell C ^b   Vincent, Angela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CARBIDOPA; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVODOPA; MELATONIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSKINESIA; DYSPRAXIA; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUTISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHITE MATTER;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEIZURES;

EID: 77956570714     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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