Non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with NMDAR and VGKC antibodies

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1407-1408

  Pellkofer, Hannah L ^a   Kuempfel, Tania ^a   Jacobson, Leslie ^b   Vincent, Angela ^b   Derfuss, Tobias ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; HU ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78649627544     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.186494     Document Type: Letter

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