Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography findings in NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 69, Issue 2 B, 2011, Pages 409-410

  Caballero, Pedro Enrique Jiménez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NMDA RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOMATISM; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TACHYCARDIA; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 79958831641     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2011000300030     Document Type: Letter

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