Reversible brain atrophy in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: A long-term observational study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1686-1691

  Iizuka, Takahiro ^a   Yoshii, Shintaro ^a   Kan, Shinichi ^b   Hamada, Junichi ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^c   Sakai, Fumihiko ^d   Mochizuki, Hideki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d International Headache Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; Encephalitis; MRI; NMDA receptor; Paraneoplastic

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ATROPHY; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79952198241     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5604-6     Document Type: Article

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