Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis causing prolonged nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1480-1482

  Johnson, Nicholas ^a   Henry, Craig ^a   Fessler, A James ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; RITUXIMAB; VALPROIC ACID; ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRITABILITY; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 78049510721     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f8831a     Document Type: Article

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