Anti-N-methyl- D -aspartate receptor encephalitis: A newly recognized inflammatory brain disease in children

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2516-2522

  Luca, Nadia ^a   Daengsuwan, Tassalapa ^a   Dalmau, Josep ^b   Jones, Kevin ^a   Deveber, Gabrielle ^a   Kobayashi, Jeffrey ^c   Laxer, Ronald M ^a   Benseler, Susanne M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; DYSKINESIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 79961105423     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.30437     Document Type: Article

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