Pearls and Oy-sters: Electroconvulsive therapy in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Braakman, H M H ^a   Moers Hornikx, V M P ^a   Arts, B M G ^a   Hupperts, R M M ^b   Nicolai, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOANTIBODY; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SWEATING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTOANTIBODIES; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957040141     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f11dc1     Document Type: Article

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