Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis presenting with imaging findings and clinical features mimicking Rasmussen syndrome

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-270

  Greiner, Hansel ^a   Leach, James L ^a   Lee, Ki Hyeong ^a   Krueger, Darcy A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Encephalitis; Neuroimaging; NMDA receptor; Rasmussen syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TERATOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANTIBODIES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952445869     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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