Encephalitis associated with positive anti-GluR antibodies showing abnormal appearance in basal ganglia, pulvinar and gray matter on MRI - Case report

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-196

  Saito, Toshio ^a   Saito, Tomoko ^a   Takahashi, Yukitoshi ^b   Kokunai, Yosuke ^c   Fujimura, Harutoshi ^a  

^a TONEYAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti glutamate receptor antibody; Encephalitis; Pulvinar sign

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULVINAR; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; PULVINAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 79956303062     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.51.192     Document Type: Article

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