Prolonged follow-up and csf antibody titers in a patient with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 7 SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Frechette, Eric S ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Galetta, Steven L ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES; ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 79951653181     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31820c34de     Document Type: Article

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