Brain immunohistopathological study in a patient with anti-NMDAR encephalitis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 929-931

  Camdessanche J P ^a,b   Streichenberger, N ^c   Cavillon, G ^d   Rogemond, V ^d   Jousserand, G ^a,b   Honnorat, J ^d   Convers, P ^a   Antoine, J C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d Pres de Lyon 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anti NMDA receptor antibody; B cell; Encephalitis; Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79955734163     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03180.x     Document Type: Article

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