Spontaneously resolving seronegative autoimmune limbic encephalitis

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-105

  Najjar, Souhel ^a   Pearlman, Daniel ^a   Zagzag, David ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmune; emperipolesis; limbic encephalitis; pathology; VGKC complex

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPERIPOLESIS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICROGLIA; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SERONEGATIVE AUTOIMMUNE LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 79960026941     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: 15370887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3182248193     Document Type: Article

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